Job 23:7
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
In Context
6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
8If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
Cross References
Job 9:15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Romans 8:1Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk 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 →