Job 13:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.”
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BSBPD
“Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 13:3 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:3If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 9:14How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
- Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
- Job 11:5But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
- Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
- Job 13:22Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
- Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- Job 23:4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 31:35(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- 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.
- Isaiah 41:21“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
- 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?
- Micah 6:2Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:
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