Job 23:5
so that I may know the words that he will answer me and understand what he will say to me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
In Context
4I would place judgment before his eye, and my mouth would fill with criticism,
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not be willing to condemn me. Reveal to me why you judge me this way.
Job 42:2I know that you are able to do all things, and that no thoughts are hidden from you.
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 →