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, if I draw near unto the judgment; I know that I shall be justified.

Teach us what we should say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against those who are not merciful; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Cause me to remember; let us enter into judgment together; declare, thou, that it may be put to thy account.

Fill my mouth

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be treated as the wicked that are far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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

Why should the Egyptians speak and say, For evil did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains and to consume them from upon the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath and repent of the evil of thy people.

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou didst bring this people out of the midst of them with thy might;

O Lord, what shall I say now that Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!

Caph For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon my 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 confiding in our righteousnesses, but in thy many mercies.

General references

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

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

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?