Job 13:3
1 “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.
5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- KJV
- Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- WEB
- “Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.
- ASV
- Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
- DARBY
- But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;
- BLB
- But I wish to speak to Shaddai, and to reason with God I desire.
- ÅB
- Men jeg vil tale til den Allmektige, og jeg har lyst til å rettferdiggjøre meg for Gud.
- OTB
- Likevel ønsker jeg å tale til Den Allmektige,
Og jeg lengter etter å resonnere med Gud. - B1930
- Men jeg vil tale til den Allmektige, og jeg har lyst til å rettferdiggjøre mig for Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 41:21
“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
Read in contextJob 9:3
If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:18–20
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Read in contextJob 13:22
Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
Read in contextJob 31:35
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Read in contextJob 11:5
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
Read in contextJob 23:3–7
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
Read in contextJob 9:34–35
Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
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