Job 13:3
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- 5 The verb is simply the Piel imperfect אֲדַבֵּר (’adabber, “I speak”). It should be classified as a desiderative imperfect, saying, “I desire to speak.” This is reinforced with the verb “to wish, desire” in the second half of the verse.
- 6 The Hebrew title for God here is אֶל־שַׁדַּי (’el shadday, “El Shaddai”).
- 7 The infinitive absolute functions here as the direct object of the verb “desire” (see §113.b).
- 8 The infinitive הוֹכֵחַ (hokheakh) is from the verb יָכַח (yakhakh), which means “to argue, plead, debate.” It has the legal sense here of arguing a case (cf. 5:17).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to argue my case with God.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
But I desire to speak to the Almighty
and to argue my case with God.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
and argue my case before God.
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NLTNew Living Translation
As for me, I would speak directly to the Almighty.
I want to argue my case with God himself.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But I would speak to Shaddai,
and I desire to argue with God.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to reason with God.
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