New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 23:3
3Oh that I knew how to find Him, That I might come to His home!
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 responded, 2“Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. Oh that I knew how to find Him, That I might come to His home! 4I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would tell me.
Read all of Job 23Job 23:3 word by word
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 23:3
- Job 13:3“But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
- Job 16:21That one might plead for a man with God As a son of man with his neighbor!
- Job 40:1Then the Lord said to Job,
- Isaiah 26:8Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, Lord, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, and remembering You, is the desire of our souls.
- Jeremiah 14:7Though our wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
- Hebrews 4:6Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience,
- Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has 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
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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
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