Job 23:3
Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
In Context
2Yea, I know that pleading is out of my reach; and his hand has been made heavy upon my groaning.
4And I would plead my own cause, and he would fill my mouth with arguments.
Cross References
Job 16:20Let my supplication come to the Lord, and let mine eye weep before him.
Job 31:35(Oh that I had a hearer,) and if I had not feared the hand of the Lord; and as to the written charge which I had against any one,
Isaiah 26:8For the way of the Lord is judgment: we have hoped in thy name, and on the remembrance of thee,
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to 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 →