Job 23:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would give heed to me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would give heed to me. [Isa. 27:4, 5; 57:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay; but he would give heed unto me.

Common English Bible

⁶ Would he contend with me through brute force? No, he would surely listen to me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ I do not want him to contend with me with much strength, nor to overwhelm me with the bulk of his greatness.

Job 23:6 Cross References

Job 13:21

withdraw your hand far from me, and do not let dread of you terrify me.

Ezekiel 20:35

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

Ezekiel 20:33

As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I will be king over you.

Isaiah 27:8

By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 27:4

I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.

Job 9:19

If it is a contest of strength, he is the strong one! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?

Job 9:4

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has resisted him and succeeded?

Psalm 138:3

On the day I called, you answered me; you increased my strength of soul.

Job 9:3

If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.

Job 23:5

I would learn what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.