Job 23:6
In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
Young's Literal Translation
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 know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.
7There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:4Wise in heart and strong in power — Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?
Job 9:33If there were between us an umpire, He doth place his hand on us both.
Psalms 138:3In the day I called, when Thou dost answer me, Thou dost strengthen me in my soul [with] strength.
Isaiah 27:8In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,
Ezekiel 20:35And I have brought you in unto the wilderness of the peoples, And have been judged with you there 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 →