Job 23:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.”
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BSBPD
“I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill <FI>with<Fi> arguments.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 23:4 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Genesis 32:12But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
- Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
- Numbers 14:13But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
- Joshua 7:8O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
- Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- Job 13:18Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
- Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
- Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
- Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
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