Job 23:7
There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
In Context
6Does He strive with me in the abundance of power? No! Surely He puts [it] in me.
8Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Cross References
Job 9:15Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, || For my judgment I make supplication.
Isaiah 1:18Now come, and we settle this,” says YHWH, “If your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow, || If they are red as crimson, they will be as wool!
Jeremiah 12:1You [are] righteous, O YHWH, || When I plead toward You, || Only, let me speak judgments with You, || Why did the way of the wicked prosper? All treacherous dealers have been at rest.
Romans 8:1There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
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 →