American Standard Version
Job 13:3
3Surely I would speak to the Almighty,And I desire to reason 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
1Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. 4But ye are forgers of lies; Ye are all physicians of no value. 5Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it 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
Cross-references for Job 13:3
- Job 13:22Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
- Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:
- Job 11:5But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!
- Job 9:3If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
- Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Isaiah 41:21Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
- Micah 6:2Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah’s controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with 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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