Job 23:4

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Summary

Job 23:4

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Order

Fill my mouth

Daniel 9:18

General references

Numbers 27:5

Job 11:5

Job 38:2

Bible References

Order

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause , that thou mayest be justified.

Fill my mouth

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

And Moses said unto Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;

Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

For thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies'sake.

General references

And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.

But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee,

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?