Job 13:3
However, I would rather speak with the Almighty; 1 I wish to reason with God. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2What you know, the same I also know; 1 I am not inferior to you. 1
4But you whitewash the truth with lies; 1 you are all physicians of no value. 1
Cross References
Job 9:14How much less could I answer him, 1 could I choose words to reason with him? 1
Job 11:5But, oh, that God would speak 1 and open his lips against you; 1
Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer; 1 or let me speak to you, and you answer me. 1
Job 23:4I would lay my case in order before him 1 and fill my mouth with arguments. 1
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh; 1 “though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; 1 though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool. 1
Jeremiah 12:1You are righteous, Yahweh, whenever I bring disputes to you. 1 I must certainly tell you of my reason to complain: Why do the ways of the wicked succeed? All the faithless people are successful. 1
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 →