Revised Literal Translation
Job 23:3
3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
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 bitter: 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 order my cause 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.
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מִֽי־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד־תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 23:3
- Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
- Job 16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
- Job 40:1Moreover Yhwh answered Job, and said,
- Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Yhwh, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Jeremiah 14:7O Yhwh, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Yhwh 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 imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
- Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
- Job 31:35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
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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