Job 23:4

Job 23:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
• New International Version (NIV)I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I would present my case before Him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

Context of Job 23:4

2Even to-day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat! I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments; 5I would know the words he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6Would he plead against me with [his] great power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Job 23:4 word by word

אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310

Cross-references for Job 23:4

• Job 13:18Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.
• Job 37:19Teach us what we shall say unto him! We cannot order [our words] by reason of darkness.
• Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.
• Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; rehearse thine own [cause], that thou mayest be justified.
• Genesis 18:25Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked — far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Genesis 32:12And thou saidst, I will certainly deal well with thee, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
• Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For misfortune he has brought them out, to slay them on the mountains, and to annihilate them from the face of the earth? Turn from the heat of thine anger, and repent of this evil against thy people!
• Numbers 14:13And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
• Joshua 7:8Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
• Psalms 25:11For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, thou wilt indeed pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• Daniel 9:18Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city that is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our righteousnesses, but because of thy manifold mercies.

Commentaries on Job 23:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I would order my cause before him - Compare the notes at Isaiah 43:26. That is, I would arrange my arguments, or plead my cause, as one does in a court of justice. I would suggest the considerations which would show that I am not guilty in the sense charged by my friends, and that notwithstanding my calamities, I am the real friend of God. And fill my mouth with arguments - Probably he means that he would appeal to the evidence furnished by a life of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4plead my case: Job wanted to present his legal case to God (13:3, 18, 22; 16:21; 31:35). Abraham pleaded directly with God about Sodom (Genesis 18:25–32). Moses did the same for Israel (Exodus 32:12–13; Numbers 14:13–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. order--state methodically (Job 13:18; Is 43:26). fill, &c.--I would have abundance of arguments to adduce.Read the comment

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• Bitter
• Complaint
• Order

Commentaries on Job 23

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings