Job 23:5
I would know the words which He would answer me, and understand what He would say unto me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
6Would He contend with me in His great power? Nay; but He would give heed unto me.
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.
Job 42:2I know that Thou canst do every thing, and that no purpose can be withholden 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 →