Job 13:22

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Call - a challenge to the defendant to answer to the charges.

Answer - the defense begun.

Speak - as plaintiff.

Answer - to the plea of the plaintiff. Expressions from a trial.

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²² Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Related Commentaries of Job 13:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 13:22