Job 23:4
If 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►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
5Then I would find out what he would reply to me [DOU].
Cross References
Genesis 18:25It would certainly not be right for you to do such a thing, to kill righteous people along with wicked ones, and treat righteous people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!” [RHQ]
Exodus 32:12Do not do anything that would allow the people of Egypt to say, ‘Their god led them out from our country, but he did that only because he wanted to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely [RHQ]!’ Stop being so angry! ◄Change your mind/Do not do what you have told me that you will do►! Do not do to your people this terrible thing that you have just said that you will do
Joshua 7:8Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now [RHQ].
Job 13:18I am ready to prove that I am innocent, and I know that you also will declare that I am not guilty.
Psalms 25:11Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you [MTY].
Isaiah 43:26Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong► [IRO]?
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 →