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Job 13:3

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

KJV

Sed tamen ad Omnipotentem loquar, et disputare cum Deo cupio :

Vulgate

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ πρὸς Κύριον λαλήσω, ἐλέγξω δὲ ἐναντίον αὐτοῦ ἐὰν βούληται.

LXX

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

ASV

אוּלָ֗ם אֲ֭נִי אֶל שַׁדַּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְ/הוֹכֵ֖חַ אֶל אֵ֣ל אֶחְפָּֽץ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אוּלָ֗ם
'vlm
adverb · 19×
חָפֵ֥ץ
chpts
verb · 74×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
שַׁדַּ֣י
shdy
proper_noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
  • Isa 41:21 — Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
  • Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
  • Job 9:3 — If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
  • Job 13:22 — Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
  • Job 16:21 — O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
  • Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
  • Job 23:7 — There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
  • Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
  • Job 31:35 — Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.