Job 23:5

Job 23:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
• New International Version (NIV)I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I would know what he would answer me and understand what he would say to me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I would know the words which He would answer me, And understand what He would say to me.

Context of Job 23:5

3I would like to know where to find him. Then I could go to the place where he lives. 4I would tell him why I am not guilty. I would say many things to explain this to him. Then I would know how he would answer me. I would understand what he would say to me. 6Would God use his great power to argue against me? No! He would listen carefully to me. 7Honest people can explain things to him. So he would judge me in a fair way. He would let me go free.

Job 23:5 word by word

אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑נִי וְ֝אָבִ֗ינָה מַה־יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I would knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• the wordsמִלָּהmillâh milleh · speechH4405
• he would answerעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• me, and understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• what he would sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Job 23:5

• Job 10:2This is what I will say to God: “Do not say that I am guilty. Tell me what bad things you think I have done.
• Job 13:22Tell me to come and stand in front of you. Then I will answer you. Or allow me to speak first. Then you will reply to me.
• Job 42:2‘I know that you can do all things. You can do anything that you want to do. Nobody can stop you.
• 1 Corinthians 4:3So what you think about me does not matter to me. What you decide, or what any human authority decides, is not important. I do not even try to decide about myself.

Commentaries on Job 23:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I would know the words which he would answer me - He would speak nothing but what was true, decree nothing that was not righteous, nor utter any thing that I could not comprehend.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I would know the words which he would answer me - That is, I wish to understand what would be “his” decision in the case - and what would be his judgment in regard to me. That was of infinitely more importance than any opinion which “man” could form, and Job was anxious to have the matter decided by a tribunal which could not err. Why should “we” not desire to know exactly what God thinks of us, and what estimate he has formed of our character? There is…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. he--emphatic: it little matters what man may say of me, if only I know what God judges of me.Read the comment

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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