Job 23:6

Though he should come on me in his great strength, 1 Then he would not threaten me; 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

In Context

5And I would know the remedies which he would speak to me, 1 And I would perceive what he would tell me. 1

7For truth and reproof are from him; 1 And he would bring forth my judgment to an end. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:4For he is wise in mind, and mighty, and great: 1 Who has hardened himself against him and endured? 1

Job 9:33Would that he our mediator were present, and a reprover, 1 And one who should hear the cause between both. 1

Psalms 138:3Thou hast traced my path and my bed, 1 And hast foreseen all my ways. 1

Isaiah 27:8Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?

Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and will plead 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 →

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