Job 23:3

Job 23:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
• New International Version (NIV)If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
• English Standard Version (ESV)Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

Context of Job 23:3

1Then Job answered and said, 2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning. Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! 4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

Job 23:3 word by word

מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• knewיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 23:3

• Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.
• Job 16:21That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!
• Job 40:1Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,
• Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul.
• Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
• 2 Corinthians 5:19to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
• Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
• Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me) Andthat I hadthe indictment which mine adversary hath written!

Commentaries on Job 23:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3O that I knew where I might find him! - This and the following verse may be read thus: "Who will give me the knowledge of God, that I may find him out? I would come to his establishment; (the place or way in which he has promised to communicate himself); I would exhibit, in detail, my judgment (the cause I wish to be tried) before his face; and my mouth would I fill with convincing or decisive arguments;" arguments drawn from his common method of saving…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! - Where I might find “God.” He had often expressed a wish to bring his cause directly before God, and to be permitted to plead his cause there; see Job 13:3, note; Job 13:20, notes. But this he had not yet been able to do. The argument had been with his three friends, and he saw that there was no use in attempting further to convince them. If he could get the cause before God, and be allowed go plead it there, he…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The same wish as in Job 13:3 (compare He 10:19-22). Seat--The idea in the Hebrew is a well-prepared throne (Psa 9:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 23:3

• God Continued...
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In the dictionaries

• Bitter
• Complaint
• God
• Seat

Commentaries on Job 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings