Job 23:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 23:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 23:4 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 23:4 — KJV
“I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.”
— Job 23:4 (KJV)
Job 23:4 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 23:4
“As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:4: would, cause, before
“Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:4: would, cause, before
“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, made...: Heb. caused a voice to pass”
Shares key themes with Job 23:4: cause, fill, mouth
“Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:4: cause, before, fill
“Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?”
Shares key themes with Job 23:4: cause, before, mouth
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