Job 23:4
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I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

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Job 13:18 If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.

Job 37:19 Shew us what we may say to him: or we are wrapped up in darkness.

Psalm 43:1 A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.

Isaiah 43:26 Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.

fill my mouth

Genesis 18:25-32 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment. . . .

Genesis 32:12 Thou didst say, that thou wouldst do well by me, and multiply my seed like the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

Exodus 32:12,13 Let not the Egyptians say, I beseech thee: He craftily brought them out, that he might kill them in the mountains, and destroy them from the earth: let thy anger cease, and be appeased upon the wickedness of thy people. . . .

Numbers 14:13-19 And Moses said to the Lord: That the Egyptians, from the midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people, . . .

Joshua 7:8,9 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies? . . .

Psalm 25:11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.

Daniel 9:18,19 Incline, O my God, thy ear, and hear: open thy eyes, and see our desolation, and the city upon which thy name is called: for it is not for our justifications that we present our prayers before thy face, but for the multitude of thy tender mercies. . . .

Context
Job Longs for God
3Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? 4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.…
Cross References
Job 13:3
But yet I will speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:18
If I shall be judged, I know that I shall be found just.

Job 23:3
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

Job 23:5
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Job 40:2
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.

Lexicon
I would plead
אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה (’e·‘er·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6186: To set in a, row, arrange, put in order

my case
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

before Him
לְפָנָ֣יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and fill my mouth
וּ֝פִ֗י (ū·p̄î)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

with
אֲמַלֵּ֥א (’ă·mal·lê)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

arguments.
תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ (ṯō·w·ḵā·ḥō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8433: Chastisement, correction, refutation, proof


Additional Translations
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.

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

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

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

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

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill with arguments.
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