Job 23:7
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
6 Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
9 When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- KJV
- There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
- WEB
- There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
- ASV
- There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
- DARBY
- There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
- BLB
- There the upright could argue with Him, and I would escape forever from the One judging me.
- ÅB
- Da skulle en rettskaffen mann gå i rette med ham, og jeg skulle slippe fra min dommer for all tid.
- OTB
- Der kunne den rettskafne engasjere seg med Ham,
og jeg ville bli satt fri for alltid fra min dommer. - B1930
- Da skulde en rettskaffen mann gå i rette med ham, og jeg skulde slippe fra min dommer for all tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:3
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:18
“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 contextRomans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextJeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Read in contextJeremiah 3:5
Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
Read in contextJob 9:15
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
Read in contextRomans 3:19–22
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Read in contextRomans 8:33–34
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
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