23:4 I would lay out my case 1 before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.
33:5 Reply to me, if you can;
set your arguments 2 in order before me
and take your stand!
1 tn The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) is normally “judgment; decision.” But in these contexts it refers to the legal case that Job will bring before God. With the verb עָרַךְ (’arakh, “to set in order; to lay out”) the whole image of drawing up a lawsuit is complete.
2 tn The Hebrew text does not contain the term “arguments,” but this verb has been used already for preparing or arranging a defense.