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Job 13:3
3“But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
Job 13:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- New International Version (NIV)But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
Context of Job 13:3
1[Job continued:] “Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. 2What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. “But I wish to speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. 4But you smear me with lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; You are all worthless physicians and have no remedy to offer. 5Oh, that you would be completely silent, And that silence would be your wisdom!
Read all of Job 13Job 13:3 word by word
אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל־שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל־אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:3
- Job 13:22Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
- Job 9:34Let Him take His rod away from me, And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
- Job 11:5But oh, that God would speak, And open His lips [to speak] against you,
- Job 23:3Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat!
- Job 31:35Oh, that I had one to listen to me! Look, here is my signature (mark); Let the Almighty answer me! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
- Job 9:3If one should want to contend or dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be like wool.
- Isaiah 41:21“Present your case [for idols made by men’s hands],” says the Lord. “Produce your evidence [of divinity],” Says the king of Jacob.
- Jeremiah 12:1You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You; Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?
- Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the indictment of the Lord, And you enduring foundations of the earth, For the Lord has a case (a legal complaint) against His people, And He will dispute (challenge) Israel.
Commentaries on Job 13:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty - אולם ulam, O that: - I wish I could speak to the Almighty! I desire to reason with God - He speaks here to reference to the proceedings in a court of justice. Ye pretend to be advocates for God, but ye are forgers of lies: O that God himself would appear! Before him I could soon prove my innocence of the evils with which ye charge me.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty - I would desire to carry my cause directly up to God, and spread out my reasons before him. This Job often professed to desire; see Job 9:34-35. He felt that God would appreciate the arguments which he would urge, and would do justice to them. His friends he felt were censorious and severe. They neither did justice to his feelings, nor to his motives. They perverted his words and arguments; and instead of consoling…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Job wishes to plead his cause before God (Job 9:34, 35), as he is more and more convinced of the valueless character of his would-be "physicians" (Job 16:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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