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Job 23:7 KJV
Job · chapter 23 · verse 7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.Job 23:7 · King James Version
Job 23:7 in context
5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- righteousyâshârstraightH3477 →
- deliveredpâlaṭto slip outH6403 →
- disputeyâkachto be rightH3198 →
- evernetsachproperly, a goalH5331 →
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Job is confident that he has wrong done him by his friends, and therefore, ill as he is, he will not give up the cause, nor let them have the last word. Here, I. He justifies his own resentments of his trouble (Job 23:2): Even to day, I own, my complaint is bitter;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7