Job 23:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Will he plead against me Hebrew, יריב עמדי, jarib gnimmadi, contend with me; with his great power ברב כח, berob choach, in the greatness, or extent, of his strength. Will he use his sovereign and absolute power to oppress me, as men do those whom they cannot fairly answer? No, but he would put strength in me He would not use his power against me, but for me; by enabling me to plead my cause, and giving sentence according to that clemency which he uses toward his children. The word strength, though not in the text, is rightly added by our translators to complete the sense.