Job 13:3
But I would like to speak to Almighty God, not to you; I would like to argue with him and prove that I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2What you know, I also know; I do ◄not know less than/know as much as► you.
Cross References
Job 9:14“So, if God took me to court, what could I say [MTY] to answer him?
Job 11:5But I wish/desire that God would talk and say something [MTY] to answer you!
Job 13:22You speak first, and then I will reply; or allow me to speak first, and then you reply.
Job 23:4If I could do that, I would tell him why I know that I am innocent; I would tell [MTY] to him all my ◄arguments/evidence to show that I have not done what is evil►.
Isaiah 1:18Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though the guilt of your sins be as evident and as difficult to get rid of as [SIM] red stains on a white garment [DOU], I will get rid of them completely like someone who can make that stained garment become as white as snow or wool [DOU].
Jeremiah 12:1Yahweh, whenever I tell you that I am unhappy about what is happening to me, you always act justly/fairly. So now allow me to ask about one more thing that I do not understand: Why are wicked people often very prosperous? Why do things go very well for dishonest/wicked people?
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 →