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Job 23:4

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23:4I would lay out my case8 before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

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Footnotes

  1. 8 The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) is normally “judgment; decision.” But in these contexts it refers to the legal case that Job will bring before God. With the verb עָרַךְ (’arakh, “to set in order; to lay out”) the whole image of drawing up a lawsuit is complete.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I would lay my case before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I would state my case before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I would plead my case before him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

NLTNew Living Translation

I would lay out my case

and present my arguments.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I would lay my case before him,

and I would fill my mouth with arguments.

KJV 1900King James Version

I would order my cause before him,

And fill my mouth with arguments.