New Living Translation
Job 13:3
3As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself.
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
1“Look, I have seen all this with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears, and now I understand. 2I know as much as you do. You are no better than I am. As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty. I want to argue my case with God himself. 4As for you, you smear me with lies. As physicians, you are worthless quacks. 5If only you could be silent! That’s the wisest thing you could do.
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 13:22Now summon me, and I will answer! Or let me speak to you, and you reply.
- Job 9:34The mediator could make God stop beating me, and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
- Job 11:5If only God would speak; if only he would tell you what he thinks!
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
- Job 31:35“If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
- Job 9:3If someone wanted to take God to court, would it be possible to answer him even once in a thousand times?
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.
- Isaiah 41:21“Present the case for your idols,” says the Lord. “Let them show what they can do,” says the King of Israel.
- Jeremiah 12:1Lord, you always give me justice when I bring a case before you. So let me bring you this complaint: Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why are evil people so happy?
- Micah 6:2And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges 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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