Job 23:4
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
In Context
3O that I had known — and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
5I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been — as the righteous so the wicked — far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'
Exodus 32:12why do the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil He brought them out to slay them among mountains, and to consume them from off the face of the ground? turn back from the heat of Thine anger, and repent of the evil against Thy people.
Joshua 7:8Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies?
Job 13:18Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.
Psalms 25:11For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it [is] great.
Isaiah 43:26Cause me to remember — we are judged together, Declare thou that thou mayest 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 →