Job Chapter 23 verse 7 Holy Bible
There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
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There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
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There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - There the righteous might dispute with him. There, before his high tribunal (ver. 3), the upright man (ישׁר) might argue or reason with him, appealing from his justice to his mercy - from God the Judge to God the Saviour (Loathes), vindicating his integrity, acknowledging his transgressions, and pleading that they were sins of infirmity-and at last obtaining from God the acquittal anticipated in the second clause of the verse. In the absence of any revelation of an Advocate who will plead our cause before God for us, Job would seem to have been justified in expecting such a liberty of pleading his own cause as he here sets forth. So should I be delivered for ever from my Judge. The "Judge of all the earth" will certainly and necessarily "do right." Job's conscience testifies to his substantial integrity and uprightness (comp. 1 John 3:21). He is, therefore, confident that, if he can once bring his cause to God's cognizance, he will obtain acquittal and deliverance.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) There the righteous might dispute.--He has learnt this marvellous truth, which the Gospel has so effectually brought to light, that it is God the Saviour who is Himself the refuge from God the Judge (John 12:47); and then, in the solemn conviction of His presence, he makes use of the most sublime language expressive of it, being assured, though He may hide Himself with the express purpose of not interfering in his cause, yet that all things work together for good to them that love Him (Romans 8:28), and that when his time of trial is over, he himself will come forth like gold. Job's case teaches us that if an innocent man is falsely accused, God's honour is vindicated and maintained by his holding fast his conviction of innocence rather than by his yielding to the pressure of adversity and owning to sins he has not committed, or relaxing his hold on innocence by yielding to irritability.
