Job 13:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
  • Job 13:22 : 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.
  • Job 31:35 : 35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
  • Isa 1:18-20 : 18 Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool? 19 If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours; 20 But if your hearts are turned against me, I will send destruction on you by the sword; so the Lord has said.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments. 5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me. 6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me. 7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
  • Job 9:14-15 : 14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him? 15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.
  • Job 9:34-35 : 34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me: 35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.
  • Job 11:5 : 5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort? 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel.

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  • Job 23:3-7
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    3 If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

    4 I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.

    5 I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

    6 Would he make use of his great power to overcome me? No, but he would give attention to me.

    7 There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.

  • Job 33:32
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    32 If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

  • Job 31:35-36
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    35 If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

    36 Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

  • Job 13:2
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    2 The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

  • Job 5:8
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    8 But as for me, I would make my prayer to God, and I would put my cause before him:

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3 Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.

    4 Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

  • Job 9:14-15
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    76%

    14 How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

    15 Even if my cause was good, I would not be able to give an answer; I would make request for grace from him who was against me.

  • Job 13:18-19
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    18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

    19 Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

  • Job 40:2-3
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    75%

    2 Get your strength together like a man of war: I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

    3 Will you even make my right of no value? will you say that I am wrong in order to make clear that you are right?

  • Job 10:2
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    2 I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

  • Job 9:35
    74%

    35 Then I would say what is in my mind without fear of him; for there is no cause of fear in myself.

  • Job 9:32
    74%

    32 For he is not a man as I am, that I might give him an answer, that we might come together before a judge.

  • Job 12:3
    74%

    3 But I have a mind as well as you; I am equal to you: yes, who has not knowledge of such things as these?

  • Job 13:22
    74%

    22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • Job 6:10
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    10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 27:11
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    11 I will give you teaching about the hand of God; I will not keep secret from you what is in the mind of the Ruler of all.

  • Job 11:5
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    5 But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

  • Job 36:2-3
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    2 Give me a little more time, and I will make it clear to you; for I have still something to say for God.

    3 I will get my knowledge from far, and I will give righteousness to my Maker.

  • Job 13:6-7
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    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

    7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

  • Job 33:5
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    5 If you are able, give me an answer; put your cause in order, and come forward.

  • Job 13:13-15
    3 verses
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    13 Keep quiet, and let me say what is in my mind, whatever may come to me.

    14 I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

    15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;

  • Job 33:1
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    1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    73%

    12 Truly, in saying this you are wrong; for God is greater than man.

    13 Why do you put forward your cause against him, saying, He gives no answer to any of my words?

  • Job 16:21
    73%

    21 So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

  • Job 9:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

    2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

  • Job 8:5
    73%

    5 If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;

  • Job 21:3
    73%

    3 Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

  • Job 9:19
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    19 If it is a question of strength, he says, Here I am! and if it is a question of a cause at law, he says, Who will give me a fixed day?

  • Job 34:36
    72%

    36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

  • Job 40:8
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    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Job 14:3
    72%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 3:2
    72%

    2 Job made answer and said,

  • Job 23:1
    72%

    1 And Job made answer and said,

  • Job 19:5
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    5 If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

  • Job 42:1
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    1 And Job said in answer to the Lord,