Job 23:4
I would set my cause in order before him,and fill my mouth with arguments.
New Heart English 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!That I might come even to his seat!
5I would know the words which he would answer me,and understand what he would tell me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them forth for evil, to kill them in the mountains, and to consume them from the surface of the earth?' Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people.
Joshua 7:8Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!
Job 13:18See now, I have set my cause in order.I know that I am righteous.
Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, Lord,pardon my iniquity, for it is great.MEM
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance.Let us plead together.Set forth your case,that you may be justified.
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 →