Job 13:3
But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
In Context
2I knowe also as much as you knowe: I am not inferiour vnto you.
4For in deede ye forge lyes, and all you are physitions of no value.
Cross References
Job 9:14Howe much lesse shall I answere him? or howe should I finde out my words with him?
Job 11:5But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!
Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answere: or let me speake, and answere thou me.
Job 23:4I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Isaiah 1:18Come nowe, and let vs reason together, sayth the Lord: though your sinnes were as crimsin, they shalbe made white as snowe: though they were red like skarlet, they shalbe as wooll.
Jeremiah 12:1O Lord, if I dispute with thee, thou art righteous: yet let mee talke with thee of thy iudgements: wherefore doeth the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they in wealth that rebelliously transgresse?
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 →