Job 23:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.”
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“Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 23:7 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 9:15For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
- Job 13:3Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
- 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.”
- 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?
- Romans 3:19Now 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.
- Romans 8:1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- Romans 8:33Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
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