Job 23:7
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.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that 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
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Read in contextRomans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Read in contextJeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Read in contextJeremiah 3:5
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Read in contextJob 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Read in contextRomans 3:19–22
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Read in contextRomans 8:33–34
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
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