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

{There is} therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Come 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.

Will he reserve {his anger} for ever? will he keep {it} to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.

Righteous {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? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}

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

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? {It is} God that justifieth.

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

This also {were} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judge: for I should have denied the God {that is} above.

For he will not lay upon man more {than right}; that he should enter into judgment with God. {enter: Heb. go}

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, {as thou art} in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering}

How much less shall I answer him, {and} choose out my words {to reason} with him?

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