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Job Longs for God

Job 23:4

In 11 translations

BSB
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
KJV
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
WEB
I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
ASV
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
LSV
I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
YLT
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.
DBY
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
DRC
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
GNV
I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
JPS
I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
LXXE
And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה לְפָנָ֣יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ֝פִ֗י אֲמַלֵּ֥א תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα, τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 13:18Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
  • Daniel 9:18–19Incline 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…
  • Genesis 18:25–32Far 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?” So the…
  • Joshua 7:8–9O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies? When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then…
  • Isaiah 43:26Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
  • Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
  • Job 37:19Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
  • 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 32:12–13Why 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 14:13–19But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them. And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD,…
  • Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

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