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Job 13:3

Job 13:3 is verse 3 of Job chapter 13, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

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King James Version

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

World English Bible

“Surely I would speak to the Almighty. I desire to reason with God.

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Job 13:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.

2 What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

3 Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.

4 You, however, smear with lies; you are all worthless physicians.

5 If only you would remain silent; for that would be your wisdom!

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 13:22

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

Job 9:34

Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Job 9:35

Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.

Job 11:5

But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,

Job 23:3

If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.

Job 23:4

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Job 23:6

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

Job 23:7

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Job 31:35

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Job 9:3

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 9:14

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

Job 9:15

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Isaiah 1:19

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

Isaiah 1:20

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Isaiah 41:21

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Jeremiah 12:2

You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

Micah 6:2

Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

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