Job 23:3-8
23:4 a present my arguments: Job wanted to make his case with God (13:3 b, 18 c, 22 d; 16:21 e; 31:35 f); Abraham pled directly with God regarding Sodom (Gen 18:25-32 g), and Moses did the same for Israel (Exod 32:12-13 h; Num 14:13-19 i).Summary for Job 23:6-7: 23:6-7 j Earlier, Job had believed that God was too strong for him to summon (9:19 k), so he had requested an arbiter (9:33-34 l) and asked God not to terrify him (13:21 m). Here he expressed more hope that God would grant him a fair hearing.
• acquitted: Job did not want to be pardoned as a guilty man but to be declared innocent (13:18 n; see Pss 17:2-3 o; 26:1-3 p).
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