Job 23:4
I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place.
5I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?
Exodus 32:12Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people.
Joshua 7:8Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turne their backes before their enemies?
Job 13:18Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.
Psalms 25:11For thy Names sake, O Lord, be merciful vnto mine iniquitie, for it is great.
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance: let vs be iudged together: count thou that thou maist be iustified.
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 →