I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Treasury of Scripture order Job 13:18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. Job 37:19 Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. Psalm 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Isaiah 43:26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that you may be justified. fill my mouth Genesis 18:25-32 That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked... Genesis 32:12 And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. Exodus 32:12,13 Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains... Numbers 14:13-19 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)... Joshua 7:8,9 O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies!... Psalm 25:11 For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. Daniel 9:18,19 O my God, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by your name...
Context Job Responds: He Longs for God
1Then Job answered and said, 2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. 6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. 13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does. 14For he performes the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. 16For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me: 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
Darby Bible Translation
I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;
King James Bible
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Young's Literal Translation
I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.
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