Job 23:4
I would put in order before him my cause, and my mouth would I fill with arguments.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Oh who would grant that I knew where I might find him! that I might attain to his Judgment throne!
5I should know the words which he might answer me, and understand what he might say unto me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, and that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be this from thee; shall the Judge of all the earth not exercise justice?
Exodus 32:12Wherefore should the Egyptians say thus, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to destroy them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent thee of the evil decreed against thy people.
Joshua 7:8I pray thee, O Lord, what shall I say, since Israel have turned their back before their enemies!
Job 13:18Behold now, I have arrayed my cause: I know that I shall be indeed justified.
Psalms 25:11For the sake of thy name, O Lord, pardon my iniquity: although it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: relate thou, in order that thou mayest be justified.
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 →