Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.
4I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Cross References
Job 16:20Mine inward thoughts are my intercessors, 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 LORD, have we waited for Thee; to Thy name and to Thy memorial is the desire of our soul.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near;
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 →