King James Version
Job 13:3 in the King James Version says “Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.” — study this verse from Job chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.”
Job 13:3 · KJV
Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I would speak”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“to reason”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
“with God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
“and I desire”
H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
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