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Job 23:4

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

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אֶעֶרְכָ֣הeerkhahput in arrayעָרַךְverb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “put in array”, a determination or requestH6186to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.לְפָנָ֣יוlefanayvto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…מִשְׁפָּ֑טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וּ֝פִ֗יufiand edgeפֶּהconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…אֲמַלֵּ֥אamalebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be at an end”, an unfinished actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…תוֹכָחֽוֹתtokhachotcorrectionתּוֹכֵחָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “correction”, the ordinary formH8433chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)argument, [idiom] chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, [idiom] be (often) reproved.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

Young’s Literal Translation

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;

Douay-Rheims

I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἴποιμι δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ κρίμα, τὸ δὲ στόμα μου ἐμπλήσαι ἐλέγχων.