Job 23:6
Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
In Context
5I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
7There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
Cross References
Job 9:4He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath bene fierce against him and hath prospered?
Job 9:33Neyther is there any vmpire that might lay his hand vpon vs both.
Psalms 138:3When I called, then thou heardest me, and hast encreased strength in my soule.
Isaiah 27:8In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.
Ezekiel 20:35And I will bring you into the wildernes of the people, and there wil I pleade with you face to face.
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 →