Job 23:5

World English Bible (2000)

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 10:2 : 2 I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
  • Job 13:22-23 : 22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me. 23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me know my disobedience and my sin.
  • Job 42:2-6 : 2 "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained. 3 You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know. 4 You said, 'Listen, now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.' 5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. 6 Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes."
  • 1 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self. 4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.

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    22 Then call, and I will answer; or let me speak, and you answer me.

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  • Job 33:31-32
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    14 How much less shall I answer him, And choose my words to argue with him?

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