Job 16:21
“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.
Job 31:35
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
Job 9:34-35
“Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
Job 13:3
“But I wish to speak to
And I desire to argue with God.
Job 13:22
“Then [Lord,] call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, and then reply to me.
Job 23:3-7
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Job 40:1-5
Then the Lord said to Job,
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists has already been named [long ago], and it is known what [a frail being] man is; for he cannot dispute with Him who is mightier than he.
Isaiah 45:9
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?
Romans 9:20
On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Plead
“Let Him take His rod away from me,
And let not the dread and fear of Him terrify me.
“But I wish to speak to
And I desire to argue with God.
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].
“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—
A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!
Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’
Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?