Job 13:3
"Surely I would speak to the Almighty.I desire to reason with God.
New Heart English 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, I know also.I am not inferior to you.
4But you are forgers of lies.You are all physicians of no value.
Cross References
Job 9:14How much less shall I answer him,And choose my words to argue with him?
Job 11:5But oh that God would speak,and open his lips against you,
Job 13:22Then call, and I will answer;or let me speak, and you answer me.
Job 23:4I would set my cause in order before him,and fill my mouth with arguments.
Isaiah 1:18"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord:"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Jeremiah 12:1You are righteous, Lord, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?
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 →