Job 13:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

KJV

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

WEB

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

ASV

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

LSV

Yet I speak for the Mighty One, || And I delight to argue for God.

YLT

Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.

DBY

But I will speak to the Almighty, and will find pleasure in reasoning with God;El

DRC

But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

GNV

But I will speake to the Almightie, and I desire to dispute with God.

JPS

Notwithstanding I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

LXXE

Nevertheless I will speak to the Lord, and I will reason before him, if he will.

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WLC

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל־שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְהוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל־אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ πρὸς Κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται.

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• Isaiah 41:21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
• Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
• Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
• Job 9:14–15How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him? For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
• Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
• Isaiah 1:18–20“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. If you are willing and obedient, you…
• Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous 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? You planted them, and they have…
• Job 9:34–35Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me. Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
• Job 23:3–7If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say. Would He contend…
• Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Job 11:5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

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