Job 13:3
But O that I might speak with the Almighty! O that I might reason with God!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2What ye know, I know also; I am not inferior to you.
4For ye are forgers of lies; Physicians of no value, all of you!
Cross References
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him, And choose out words to contend with him?
Job 11:5But O that God would speak, And open his lips against thee;
Job 13:22Then call upon me, and I will answer; Or I will speak, and answer thou me.
Job 23:4I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments;
Isaiah 1:18Come, now, and let us argue together, saith Jehovah. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?
Matthew Henry on Job 13:2-13
Job's Reply to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. 5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for… Read the whole commentary →