Job 13:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Surely I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue and reason my case with God [that He may explain the conflict between what I believe of Him and what I see of Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Common English Bible

³ But I want to speak to the Almighty; I would gladly present my case to God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Yet I speak this way to the Almighty, and I desire to argue with God,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ But yet I will speak to the Almighty: and I desire to reason with God.

Job 13:3 Cross References

Job 11:5

But Oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee;

Job 13:15

Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

Job 13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me

Job 31:35

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me;) And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

Job 40:2

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

Job 5:8

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause:

Job 9:3

If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.

Isaiah 41:21

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Micah 6:2

Hear, O ye mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.