Job 23:6
Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
In Context
5I know the words He answers me, || And understand what He says to me.
7There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Cross References
Job 9:4Wise in heart and strong in power—Who has hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Job 9:33If there were a mediator between us, || He places his hand on us both.
Psalms 138:3In the day I called, when You answer me, || You strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, in sending it forth, you strive with it, || He has taken away by His sharp wind, || In the day of an east wind,
Ezekiel 20:35And I have brought you into the wilderness of the peoples, || And have been judged with you there face to face.
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 →