Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
New American Standard Bible
And I
King James Version
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Holman Bible
and I would escape from my Judge
International Standard Version
In that place, the upright can reason with him; and I'll be acquitted once and for all by my judge."
A Conservative Version
There the upright might reason with him. So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
American Standard Version
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Amplified
“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.
Bible in Basic English
There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Darby Translation
There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
Julia Smith Translation
There the upright one disputed with him; and I shall be delivered forever from my judge.
King James 2000
There the righteous might reason with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge.
Lexham Expanded Bible
There an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
Modern King James verseion
There the righteous might reason with Him; and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that is just shall enter disputation with him, and my judge shall deliver me forever.
NET Bible
There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
New Heart English Bible
There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
The Emphasized Bible
There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
Webster
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
World English Bible
There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
Interlinear
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Yakach
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me. 7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge. 8 Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
Names
Cross References
Job 9:15
Whom, though I were righteous, I answer not, For my judgment I make supplication.
Job 13:3
Yet I for the Mighty One do speak, And to argue for God I delight.
Isaiah 1:18
Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Jeremiah 3:5
Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
Romans 3:19-22
And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
Romans 8:1
There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;
Romans 8:33-34
Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God is He that is declaring righteous,