Job 23:7
There would an upright one argue with him; and I should be allowed to escape for ever by my judge.
Leeser Tanakh
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 with his power contend against me? he would truly not lay such doings to my charge.
8But, lo, I go eastward—and he is not there; and to the west— and I cannot perceive him;
Cross References
Job 9:15Whom, were I even righteous, I could not answer? to him that condemneth me I could [only] make supplication.
Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins should be as scarlet, they shall become white as the snow; though they should be red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
Jeremiah 12:1[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal 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 →