Job 23:4
And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter?
Cross References
Genesis 18:25By no means shall you do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. You that judge the whole earth, shall you not do right?
Exodus 32:12Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from your wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of your people,
Joshua 7:8And what shall I say since Israel has turned his + 7:8 Gr. neck. Heb. שף the back of the neck. back before his enemy?
Job 13:18Behold, I am near my judgment: I know that I shall appear evidently just.
Psalms 25:11But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me. 1
Isaiah 43:26But do you remember, and let us plead together: do you first confess your transgressions, that you may be justified.
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 →