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Job 13:3

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Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
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  1. Isaiah 41:21Rank 1 from verse 3
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    21Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

  2. Isaiah 1:18–20Rank 2 from verse 3
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    18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

    19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

    20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  3. Job 13:22Rank 3 from verse 3
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    22Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  4. Job 31:35Rank 4 from verse 3
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    35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

  5. Job 9:3Rank 5 from verse 3
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    3If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

  6. Jeremiah 12:1–2Rank 6 from verse 3
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    1RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

    2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

  7. Job 11:5Rank 7 from verse 3
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    5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

  8. Job 13:15Rank 8 from verse 3
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    15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  9. Job 23:3–7Rank 9 from verse 3
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    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

    4I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

    6Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  10. Job 9:14–15Rank 10 from verse 3
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    14How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

    15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

  11. Job 9:34–35Rank 11 from verse 3
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    34Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

    35Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

  12. Micah 6:2Rank 12 from verse 3
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    2Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

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Job 13:3

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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desire

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Sense 1: A wish, longing, request, pleasure, or thing wished for. Sense 2: To wish for, long for, request, or take pleasure in.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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reason

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A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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13:2What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

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13:4But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

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