Job 23:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Job 13:18 : 18 See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.
  • Job 37:19 : 19 Make clear to me what we are to say to him; we are unable to put our cause before him, because of the dark.
  • Ps 25:11 : 11 Because of your name, O Lord, let me have forgiveness for my sin, which is very great.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
  • Isa 43:26 : 26 Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies. 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
  • Gen 18:25-32 : 25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right? 26 And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them. 27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: 28 If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five. 29 And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty. 30 And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty. 31 And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty. 32 And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.
  • Gen 32:12 : 12 And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.
  • Exod 32:12-13 : 12 Why let the Egyptians say, He took them out to an evil fate, to put them to death on the mountains, cutting them off from the earth? Let your wrath be turned away from them, and send not this evil on your people. 13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever.
  • Num 14:13-19 : 13 And Moses said to the Lord, Then it will come to the ears of the Egyptians; for by your power you took this people out from among them; 14 And they will give the news to the people of this land: they have had word that you, Lord, are present with this people, letting yourself be seen face to face, and that your cloud is resting over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say, 16 Because the Lord was not able to take this people into the land which he made an oath to give them, he sent destruction on them in the waste land. 17 So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said: 18 The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation. 19 May the sin of this people have forgiveness, in the measure of your great mercy, as you have had mercy on them from Egypt up till now.
  • Josh 7:8-9 : 8 O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers? 9 For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

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    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 23:3
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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!

  • Job 13:3
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    3 But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

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

  • Job 31:35-37
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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;

    37 I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

  • Job 42:4
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    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 13:6
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    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • Job 21:3-4
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    3 Let me say what is in my mind, and after that, go on making sport of me.

    4 As for me, is my outcry against man? is it then to be wondered at if my spirit is troubled?

  • 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 9:14-15
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    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 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 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 16:21
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    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 16:4-5
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    4 It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:

    5 I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

  • Job 32:20
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    20 Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

  • Job 6:8-10
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    8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

    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 13:13-15
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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.

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

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

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    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.

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    1 And Job made answer and said,

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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.

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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.

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    70%

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

  • Job 19:23
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    23 If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

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    14 I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

  • Job 32:17
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    17 I will give my answer; I will put forward my knowledge:

  • Job 34:36
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    36 May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.

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    24 Give me teaching and I will be quiet; and make me see my error.

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    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.

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    14 For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.

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    2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

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    8 He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.

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    14 What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?