Job 23:3
Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 also my words are in bitterness, and the hand of my scourge is more grievous than my mourning.
4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
Cross References
Job 16:20For behold my witness is in heaven, and he that knoweth my conscience is on high.
Job 31:35Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,
Isaiah 26:8And in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, we have patiently waited for thee: thy name, and thy remembrance are the desire of the soul.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.
2 Corinthians 5:19For God indeed was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their sins; and he hath 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 →