Job 23:4
I would order my mishpat (cause) before Him, 1 and fill my mouth with arguments. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Oh that I knew where I might find Him! 1 That I might come even to His techunah (abode)! 1
5I would know the words which He would answer me, 1 and have binah of what He would say unto me. 1
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the tzaddik with the rasha; and that the tzaddik should be as the rasha, that be far from Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol Ha'Aretz (the Judge of All the Earth) do mishpat (right)?
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For ra'ah (evil intent) did He bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of ha'adamah? Turn from Thy fierce wrath, and relent of the ra'ah against Thy people.
Joshua 7:8O Adonoi, what shall I say, when Yisroel turneth their backs before their enemies!
Job 13:18Hinei now, I have prepared my mishpat (cause, case); 1 I know that I shall be acquitted. 1
Psalms 25:11[Lamed] For the sake of Thy Shem, Hashem, 1 pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 1
Isaiah 43:26Put Me in remembrance; let us plead together at law; 1 declare thou, lema'an (for the sake of) thou being declared righteous. 1
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 →