Job 23:4
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
5I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Job 13:18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
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 →