Job 23:7
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
In Context
6In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth [it] in me.
8Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
Cross References
Job 9:15Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous [art] Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
Romans 8:1There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
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 →