King James Version
Job 23:7 in the King James Version says “There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.” — study this verse from Job chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
Job 23:7 · KJV
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“might dispute”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“with him so should I be delivered”
H6403to slip out, i.e., escape; causatively, to deliver
“for ever”
H5331properly, a goal, i.e., the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objecti
“from my judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
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