Job 13:3

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But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

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  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Present your case, says the Lord. Set forth your arguments, says Jacob’s King.
  • Job 9:3 : 3 If someone desired to argue with Him, they could not answer Him once in a thousand times.
  • Job 13:22 : 22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.
  • Job 31:35 : 35 Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book.
  • Isa 1:18-20 : 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  • Job 23:3-7 : 3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling. 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me. 6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength. 7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 9:14-15 : 14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence. 15 Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.
  • Job 9:34-35 : 34 Let Him remove His rod from me, and let His terror not frighten me. 35 Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.
  • Job 11:5 : 5 But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring my case to you. Yet I want to discuss your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those who betray others at ease? 2 You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are near to their lips but far from their hearts.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O mountains, the Lord's lawsuit, and you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against His people, and He will dispute with Israel.

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    3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

    4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5 I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

    6 Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

    7 There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

  • Job 33:32
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    32 If you have anything to say, answer me; speak up, for I want to justify you.

  • Job 31:35-36
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    35 Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book.

    36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

  • Job 13:2
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    2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

  • Job 5:8
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    8 But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty.

  • Job 42:3-4
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    3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

    4 You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.'

  • Job 9:14-15
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    14 How then can I answer Him? I would choose my words carefully in His presence.

    15 Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

  • Job 13:18-19
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    18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know I will be vindicated.

    19 Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • Job 40:2-3
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    2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer.

    3 Then Job answered the LORD and said:

  • Job 10:2
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    2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.

  • Job 9:35
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    35 Then I would speak without fear of Him, but as it now stands with me, I cannot.

  • Job 9:32
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    32 For He is not a man, like me, that I might answer Him, that we might go to court together.

  • Job 12:3
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    3 "But I too have a mind as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know things such as these?"

  • Job 13:22
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    22 Then call, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You respond to me.

  • Job 6:10
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    10 It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 27:11
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    11 I will teach you about God's power; I will not conceal what is with the Almighty.

  • Job 11:5
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    5 But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Job 36:2-3
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    2 Wait a little longer for me, and I will show you that there is still more to say on God's behalf.

    3 I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  • Job 13:6-7
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    6 Listen now to my argument and pay attention to the contentions of my lips.

    7 Will you speak unjustly on God's behalf and speak deceitfully for Him?

  • Job 33:5
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    5 If you can, answer me; prepare yourself before me and take your stand.

  • Job 13:13-15
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    13 Be silent and let me speak. Whatever happens to me, let it come!

    14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

    15 Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

  • Job 33:1
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    1 But now, Job, please listen to my words and pay attention to all I have to say.

  • Job 33:12-13
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    12 But I tell you, in this you are not right, for God is greater than a man.

    13 Why do you contend with Him? For He does not answer all of man's words.

  • Job 16:21
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    21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

  • Job 9:1-2
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    1 Then Job answered and said:

    2 Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

  • Job 8:5
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    5 But if you earnestly seek God and plead for mercy from the Almighty,

  • Job 21:3
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    3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have spoken, you may mock.

  • Job 9:19
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    19 If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

  • Job 34:36
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    36 I wish that Job might be tested to the end for answering like wicked men.

  • Job 40:8
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    8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?

  • Job 14:3
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    3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?

  • Job 3:2
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    2 And Job answered and said:

  • Job 23:1
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    1 Then Job answered and said:

  • Job 19:5
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    5 If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Job 42:1
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    1 Then Job answered the LORD and said: