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Job 23:6

Job 23:6 is verse 6 of Job chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

World English Bible

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

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Job 23:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

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

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

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

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

8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

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Cross-references

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

Job 9:19

If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him ?

Job 9:33

Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.

Job 9:34

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

Job 13:21

Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.

Isaiah 27:4

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Isaiah 27:8

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

Ezekiel 20:33

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

Ezekiel 20:35

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, where I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

Psalms 138:3

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:10

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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