English Standard Version
Job 13:3
3But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself.
Context of Job 13:3
1"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 would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. 4As for you, you whitewash with lies; worthless physicians are you all. 5Oh that you would keep silent, 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 13:3
- Job 13:22Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you reply to me.
- Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not dread of him terrify me.
- Job 11:5But oh, that God would speak and open his lips to you,
- 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! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
- Job 9:3If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
- Isaiah 1:18"Come now, 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 become like wool.
- Isaiah 41:21Set forth your case, says the Lord; bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
- Micah 6:2Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against 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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