Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
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Gill's Exposition
There the righteous might dispute with him,.... That is, at his seat, either at his mercy seat, where even God allows sinners to come and reason with him, for pardoning grace and mercy, upon the foot…
Barnes' Notes
Will he plead against me with his great power? - “Will he make use of his mere power to overwhelm me and confound me? Will he take advantage of omnipotence to triumph over me, instead of argument and…
Job is confident that he has wrong done him by his friends, and therefore, ill as he is, he will not give up the cause, nor let them have the last word. Here,
I. He justifies his own resentments of…
Cambridge Bible
This verse runs:
Would he plead against me in the greatness of his power?
Nay, but he would give heed unto me.
The words express the thought which the idea of appearing before God's judgment-seat…
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