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

"Look, now! I've prepared my case for court. I know that I'm going to win.

Tell us! What are we to say to him? Can we prepare our case to face him when our faces are in darkness?

You be my judge, God, and plead my case against an unholy nation; rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Recount the brief! Let's argue the matter together; Present your case, so that you may be proved right.

Fill my mouth

Far be it from you to do such a thing to kill the righteous along with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! The Judge of all the earth will do what is right, won't he?"

Now, you promised me that "I'm certainly going to cause things to go well with you, and I'm going to make your offspring as numerous as the sand of the sea, which cannot be counted.'"

Why should the Egyptians say, "He brought them out with an evil intention to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your anger and change your mind about the calamity against your people.

But Moses responded to the LORD, "When Egypt hears that you've brought this people out from among them with a mighty demonstration of power,

Lord, what am I to say, now that Israel has run away from its enemies?

For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my sin, for it is great.

Turn your ear and listen, O God. Open your eyes and look at our desolation and at the city that is called by your name. We're not presenting our requests before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great compassion.

General references

So Moses brought the family into the LORD's presence,

"But what if God were to speak? What if he were to talk with you,

"Who is this who keeps darkening my counsel without knowing what he's talking about?