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Job 23:3

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne?

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

In Context

2Now again my conversation is in bitterness, and the force of my scourging weighs more heavily on me because of my mourning.

4I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,

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Cross References

Job 16:20For behold, my witness is in heaven, and my confidante is on high.

Job 31:35then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,

Isaiah 26:8And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.

Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near.

2 Corinthians 5:19For certainly God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not charging them with their sins. And he has placed in us the Word of reconciliation.

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 →

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