Job 23:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:3 : 3 But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
  • Jer 3:5 : 5 You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?’ That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can.”
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
  • Rom 3:19-22 : 19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. 21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God(although it is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed– 22 namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction,
  • Rom 8:1 : 1 The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 8:33-34 : 33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died(and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
  • Job 9:15 : 15 Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 23:3-6
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    82%

    3O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!

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

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

    6Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

  • Job 13:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right.

    19Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die.

  • Job 40:8
    79%

    8Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

  • Job 23:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

    9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

  • Job 9:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

    20Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse.

  • Job 9:15
    77%

    15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.

  • Job 9:32
    77%

    32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • Job 34:5
    76%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

  • Isa 50:8
    76%

    8The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me!

  • Job 19:7
    76%

    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

  • Ps 43:1
    76%

    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

  • Job 10:2
    76%

    2I will say to God,‘Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’

  • Job 16:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

    22For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

  • Job 13:3
    76%

    3But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

  • Job 27:5-7
    3 verses
    75%

    5I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity!

    6I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

    7The Condition of the Wicked“May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

  • Job 7:21
    75%

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

  • Job 23:17
    75%

    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Job 10:7
    75%

    7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand?

  • Ps 35:24
    75%

    24Vindicate me by your justice, O LORD my God! Do not let them gloat over me!

  • Jer 12:1
    75%

    1LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

  • Job 34:23
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    23For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

  • Ps 7:10
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    10The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright.

  • Ps 143:2
    75%

    2Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.

  • Job 6:10
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    10Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 14:3
    74%

    3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • Mic 7:9
    74%

    9I must endure the LORD’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.

  • Job 6:23
    74%

    23Or‘Deliver me from the enemy’s power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me’?

  • Ps 7:8
    74%

    8The LORD judges the nations. Vindicate me, LORD, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One!

  • Job 13:15
    74%

    15Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!

  • Ps 17:2
    74%

    2Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right!

  • 1 Sam 24:15
    74%

    15May the LORD be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

  • Job 27:2
    74%

    2“As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter–

  • Job 31:28
    73%

    28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.

  • Job 10:20
    73%

    20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

  • Job 5:8
    73%

    8Blessings for the One Who Seeks God“But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case.

  • Job 21:4
    73%

    4Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient?

  • Ps 7:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,

    4or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

  • Job 6:29
    73%

    29Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact!

  • Job 33:9
    73%

    9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.

  • Job 8:3
    73%

    3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?