Job 23:3
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
In Context
2Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.
4I would put my cause in order before him, and my mouth would be full of arguments.
Cross References
Job 16:20My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,
Job 31:35If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!
Isaiah 26:8We have been waiting for you, O Lord; the desire of our soul is for the memory of your name.
Isaiah 55:6Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
2 Corinthians 5:19That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →