Job 23:1

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Then Job replied:

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Other Translations of Job 23:1

King James Version

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Then Job answered and said,

English Standard Version

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Then Job answered and said:

The Message

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Job replied:

New King James Version

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Then Job answered and said:

New Living Translation

Job Desires to Plead His Case before God

23¹ Then Job spoke again:

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 23:1

Commentary on Job 23:1-7

(Read Job 23:1-7)

Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy-seat, waiting to be gracious. Thither the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from his promises, his covenant, and his glory. A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job.