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
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    83%

    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.

  • Job 23:7
    82%

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

  • Job 9:19
    79%

    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 13:19
    77%

    19 Is 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%

    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.

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

  • Job 9:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    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 32:14
    76%

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

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Job 9:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    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 9:32
    75%

    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 6:13
    75%

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

  • Job 22:4
    74%

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

  • Job 10:2
    74%

    2 I 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%

    3 But 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%

    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?

  • Isa 27:5
    74%

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

  • Job 9:34-35
    2 verses
    74%

    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 19:5
    74%

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

  • Isa 50:8
    73%

    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.

  • Job 36:19
    73%

    19 ...

  • Job 6:23
    73%

    23 Or, 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%

    2 Get 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%

    15 Truly, 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%

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

  • 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 41:10
    72%

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

  • Job 23:16
    72%

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

  • Job 27:10
    72%

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

  • Job 15:25
    72%

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

  • Job 24:22
    72%

    22 But 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%

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

  • Job 13:22
    72%

    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 37:23
    71%

    23 There 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%

    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 21:4
    71%

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

  • Job 23:14
    71%

    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.

  • Job 12:13
    71%

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

  • Job 26:1
    71%

    1 Then Job made answer and said,

  • Job 31:14
    71%

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

  • Job 31:23
    71%

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