New International Version
Job 23:3
3If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
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!
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
Context of Job 23:3
1Then Job replied: 2“Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning. If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling! 4I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say to me.
Read all of Job 23Job 23:3 word by word
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 23:3
- Job 13:3But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.
- Job 16:21on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
- Job 40:1The Lord said to Job:
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.
- Jeremiah 14:7Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
- Hebrews 4:6Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,
- Job 31:35(“Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
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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