Job 23:3
1 Then Job answered:
2 “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
- KJV
- Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- WEB
- Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- ASV
- Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- DARBY
- Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
- BLB
- Who will grant [that] I might know and find Him, [and] come unto His seat!
- ÅB
- Bare jeg visste å finne ham og kunne komme fram til hans trone!
- OTB
- Om jeg bare visste hvordan jeg kunne finne Ham,
så jeg kunne nå Hans bolig! - B1930
- Bare jeg visste å finne ham og kunde komme frem til hans trone!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 16:21
Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
Read in contextJob 31:35–37
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Read in contextHebrews 4:6
Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
Read in contextJeremiah 14:7
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
Read in contextJob 13:3
Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:8
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:19–20
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Read in contextJob 40:1–5
And the LORD said to Job:
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