Translations
Modern
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Traditional
I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Literal
I would set forth to his face my case, and my mouth I would fill with arguments.
Latin
Ponam coram eo judicium, et os meum replebo increpationibus:
Original
Hebrew
English
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
Notes
plead my case: Job wanted to present his legal case to God (13:3, 18, 22; 16:21; 31:35). Abraham pleaded directly with God about Sodom (Genesis 18:25–32). Moses did the same for Israel (Exodus 32:12–13; Numbers 14:13–19).
Events
- Job's Trialc. 1650 BC