Job 23:7

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.

YLT

There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

DBY

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

DRC

Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

GNV

There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

JPS

There the upright might reason with Him; so should I be delivered for ever from my Judge.

LXXE

for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שָׁ֗ם יָ֭שָׁר נוֹכָ֣ח עִמּ֑וֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָ֥ה לָ֝נֶ֗צַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Ἀλήθεια γὰρ καὶ ἔλεγχος παρʼ αὐτοῦ, ἐξαγάγοι δὲ εἰς τέλος τὸ κρίμα μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
• Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• Isaiah 1:18“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.
• Jeremiah 3:5Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?’ This you have spoken, but you keep doing all the evil you can.”
• Romans 8:33–34Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding…
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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?
• Job 9:15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
• Romans 3:19–22Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works…

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