New International Version
Job 13:3
3But I desire to speak to the Almighty and 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.
- 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.
- 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“My eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. 2What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God. 4You, however, smear me with lies; you are worthless physicians, all of you! 5If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be 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 summon me and I will answer, or let me speak, and you reply to me.
- Job 9:34someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
- Job 11:5Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
- Job 31:35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
- Job 9:3Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
- Isaiah 41:21“Present your case,” says the Lord. “Set forth your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.
- Jeremiah 12:1You are always righteous, Lord, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Micah 6:2“Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s accusation; listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; he is lodging a charge against 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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