Job 23:6

Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

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“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And understand what He would say to me.
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“Would He contend against me with His great power?
No, surely He would give attention to me.
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“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

Contend with Me

In Me

Listen to Me

Give Heed

Pay Attention

Job

No

Job 13:21

Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Job 9:4

“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?

Job 9:19

“If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty!
And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?

Job 9:33-34

“There is no arbitrator between us,
Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were].

Psalm 138:3

On the day I called, You answered me;
And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.

Isaiah 27:4

“I have no wrath.
Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,
I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.

Isaiah 27:8

You contended with them by exile, by driving them away [from Canaan];
He has expelled them with His fierce wind on the day of the east wind.

Ezekiel 20:33

“As I live,” says the Lord God, “most certainly with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be King over you.

Ezekiel 20:35

and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you and contend with you face to face.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

but He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you [My lovingkindness and My mercy are more than enough—always available—regardless of the situation]; for [My] power is being perfected [and is completed and shows itself most effectively] in [your] weakness.” Therefore, I will all the more gladly boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ [may completely enfold me and] may dwell in me.