Job 23:4 · KJV
“I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”
— Job 23:4
Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!
I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Job 23 — Context
Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}
3Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!
4I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
5I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.
Cross References
Job 13:18
Behold now, I have ordered {my} cause; I know that I shall be justified.
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. {which...: Heb. whereupon thy name is called} {present: Heb. cause to fall}
Isaiah 43:26
Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
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?
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.
Job 37:19
Teach us what we shall say unto him; {for} we cannot order {our speech} by reason of darkness.
Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it {is} great.
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.