Job 23:4

2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
KJV
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
WEB
I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
ASV
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
DARBY
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
BLB
I would set forth to his face my case, and my mouth I would fill [with] arguments.
ÅB
Jeg skulle legge min sak fram for hans åsyn og fylle min munn med beviser.
OTB
Jeg ville legge frem min sak for Ham
og tale med overbevisning.
B1930
Jeg skulde legge min sak frem for hans åsyn og fylle min munn med beviser.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 13:18

    Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.

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  • Daniel 9:18–19

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

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  • Job 37:19

    Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

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  • Genesis 18:25–32

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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  • Joshua 7:8–9

    O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!

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  • Genesis 32:12

    And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

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  • Exodus 32:12–13

    Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

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  • Isaiah 43:26

    Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

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