I have ordered my cause – literally, "judgment?" – משׁפט (mı̂shpâṭ). The Septuagint renders it, "I am near (ἐγγύς εἰμί…

Behold now, I have ordered [my] cause
Or "judgment" ^F20 ; that is, he had looked over his cause afresh, had reviewe…

Job resolved to cling to the testimony his own conscience gave of his uprightne . He depended on God for justification and salvation, the two great…

After correcting the reasoning of his friends, who tried to defend divine justice with lies, Job now proceeds to dismantle their false dogmas in th…