Job 23:5
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so.
Job 42:2I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee.
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 →