Job 23:4
I would lay my case in order before him 1 and fill my mouth with arguments. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 Oh, that I might come to his place! 1
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians say, 'He led them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth?' Turn from your burning anger and relent from this punishment on your people.
Joshua 7:8Lord, what can I say, after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies?
Job 13:18See now, I have set my defense in order; 1 I know that I am innocent. 1
Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, Yahweh, 1 pardon my sin, for it is great. 1
Isaiah 43:26Remind me of what happened. Let us debate together; present your cause, that you may be proved innocent. 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 →