New English Translation
Job 23:4
4I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
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
2“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence! I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.
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אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 23:4
- Job 13:18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.
- Job 37:19Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!
- Isaiah 43:26Remind me of what happened! Let’s debate! You, prove to me that you are right!
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
- Genesis 32:12But you said, ‘I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.’”
- Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians say, ‘For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth’? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people.
- Numbers 14:13Moses said to the Lord, “When the Egyptians hear it – for you brought up this people by your power from among them –
- Joshua 7:8If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies?
- Psalms 25:11For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.
- Daniel 9:18Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.
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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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
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