Job 23:7 Meaning and Explanation
“There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Job 23:7 Mean?
Job pictures the righteous one reasoning with God and being vindicated. He longs for a final settling that would deliver him for ever from the verdict hanging over him.
Job clings to the hope that God's judgment, rightly understood, is the believer's rescue and not his ruin. This longing for lasting vindication finds its answer in the One who justifies the ungodly, so that those who trust Him are delivered from condemnation forever.
Job 23:7 in the Original Language
yashar (יָשָׁר), 'righteous' -- one who is straight, upright, in right standing.
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What does Job 23:7 mean?
Job believes that before God an upright man could reason freely and be cleared forever.