There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. Treasury of Scripture There Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow... Jeremiah 3:5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could. Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper?... so should Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. Romans 3:19-22 Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped... Romans 8:1,33,34 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit...
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
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
Darby Bible Translation
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
King James Bible
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Young's Literal Translation
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
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