Job 13:6

“Listen now to my argument, ¹  and be attentive to my lips’ contentions. ² 

Jud 9:7; Job 21:2,3; Job 33:1-3; Job 34:2; Pr 8:6,7

¹ sn Job first will argue with his friends. His cause that he will plead with God begins in v. 13. The same root יָכַח (yakhakh, “argue, plead”) is used here as in v. 3b (see note). Synonymous parallelism between the two halves of this verse supports this translation.

² tn The Hebrew word רִבוֹת (rivot, “disputes, contentions”) continues the imagery of presenting a legal case. The term is used of legal disputations and litigation. See, also, v. 19a.