Bible Cross References
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job 23:3-7
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Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come to His place!
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I would present my case before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
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I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me.
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Would He contend with me in His great power? No! But He would set me in place.
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There the upright could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
Job 31:35
Oh, that I had one to hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, that the man complaining had written an indictment!
Job 33:6-18
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Behold, I am as your spokesman before the Mighty God; I also have been formed out of clay.
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Surely no fear of me will terrify you, nor shall my burden be heavy upon you.
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Surely you have spoken in my ears, and I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
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I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
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Yet He finds opposition in me, He counts me as His enemy;
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He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.
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Behold, in this you have not been righteous. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
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Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give account to you of His business.
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For the Mighty God may speak once or twice, yet no one regards it.
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In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, while slumbering on their beds,
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then He opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction.
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In order to turn man from his deed, and conceal pride from man,
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He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job 38:1
Then Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said:
Job 38:2
Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
Job 40:1-5
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Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said:
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Shall the one who contends with the Almighty find fault? He who reproves God, let him testify.
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Then Job answered Jehovah and said:
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Behold, I have been vile! What shall I answer You? I have put my hand to my mouth.
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Once I have spoken, but I will not answer; yea, twice, but I will proceed no further.
Job 40:8-5
Job 42:7
And so it was, after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath has been kindled against you and your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.