Job 23:7 (GNV)

Passage

There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

Nearby Context

Job 23:5 I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.

Job 23:6 Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.

Job 23:7 There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

Job 23:8 Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:

Job 23:9 If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "righteous", "might", "reason", "shoulde", "deliuered", "euer", and "iudge". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "righteous" and "might", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Would he plead against me with his..." into verse 8's "Behold if I go to the East...", so "righteous" and "might" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "righteous" and "might" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.