Job 23:7
There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
In Context
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
8Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
Cross References
Job 9:15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer; I would make supplication to Him that contendeth with me.
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →