Job 23:6 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.”

Job 23:6

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I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

Will he plead against me with {his} great power? No; but he would put {strength} in me.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

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Job 23:1

"Then Job answered and said,"

Job 23:2

"Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}"

Job 23:3

"Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat!"

Job 23:4

"I would order {my} cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments."

Job 23:5

"I would know the words {which} he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me."

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