Job 23:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:21 : 21 Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.
  • Ps 138:3 : 3 When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.
  • Isa 27:4 : 4 My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
  • Isa 27:8 : 8 Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
  • Ezek 20:33 : 33 By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:
  • Ezek 20:35 : 35 And I will take you into the waste land of the peoples, and there I will take up the cause with you face to face.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me. 10 So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
  • Job 9:4 : 4 He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?
  • Job 9:19 : 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 9:33-34 : 33 There is no one to give a decision between us, who might have control over us. 34 Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!

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

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

  • Job 23:7
    82%

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

  • Job 9:19
    79%

    19If 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 13:19
    77%

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

  • Job 6:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

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

    10So 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.

    11Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

  • Job 9:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3If 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.

    4He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

  • Job 32:14
    76%

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

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

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

    9Then I will give praise to you, saying that your right hand is able to give you salvation.

  • Job 9:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

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

    15Even 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 9:32
    75%

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

  • Job 6:13
    75%

    13I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

  • Job 22:4
    74%

    4Is it because you give him honour that he is sending punishment on you and is judging you?

  • Job 10:2
    74%

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

  • Job 13:3
    74%

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

  • Job 33:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Isa 27:5
    74%

    5Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    34Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

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

  • Job 19:5
    74%

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

  • Isa 50:8
    73%

    8He 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.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19...

  • Job 6:23
    73%

    23Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

  • Job 40:2
    73%

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

  • Job 13:15
    73%

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

  • Job 34:23
    73%

    23For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Job 16:21
    73%

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

  • Job 41:10
    72%

    10Out of his mouth go burning lights, and flames of fire are jumping up.

  • Job 23:16
    72%

    16For God has made my heart feeble, and my mind is troubled before the Ruler of all.

  • Job 27:10
    72%

    10Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

  • Job 15:25
    72%

    25Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,

  • Job 24:22
    72%

    22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.

  • Job 5:8
    72%

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

  • Job 13:22
    72%

    22Then 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 37:23
    71%

    23There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

  • Job 31:36-37
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Job 21:4
    71%

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

  • Job 23:14
    71%

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

  • Job 12:13
    71%

    13With him there is wisdom and strength; power and knowledge are his.

  • Job 26:1
    71%

    1Then Job made answer and said,

  • Job 31:14
    71%

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

  • Job 31:23
    71%

    23For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.