Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
American Standard 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
2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
4I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
Cross References
Job 16:20My friends scoff at me: [But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God,
Job 31:35Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And [that I had] the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
2 Corinthians 5:19to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto 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 →