Job 23:4
I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
5I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it has been—as the righteous so the wicked—far be it from You; does the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”
Exodus 32:12Why do the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them out in calamity to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? Turn back from the heat of Your anger, and relent from this calamity against Your people.
Joshua 7:8Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel has turned the neck before its enemies?
Job 13:18Now behold, I have set the cause in order, || I have known that I am righteous.
Psalms 25:11For Your Name’s sake, O YHWH, || You have pardoned my iniquity, for it [is] great.
Isaiah 43:26Cause Me to remember—we are judged together, || Declare that you may 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 →