Job 23:3
O that I had known—and I find Him, || I come to His seat,
Literal 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
2“Also—today my complaint [is] bitter, || My hand has been heavy because of my sighing.
4I arrange the cause before Him, || And fill my mouth [with] arguments.
Cross References
Job 16:20My interpreter [is] my friend, || My eye has dropped to God;
Job 31:35Who gives to me a hearing? Behold, my mark. The Mighty One answers me, || And my adversary has written a bill.
Isaiah 26:8Also, [in] the path of Your judgments, || O YHWH, we have waited [for] You, || To Your Name and to Your remembrance || [Is] the desire of the soul.
Isaiah 55:6Seek YHWH while He may be found, || Call Him while He is near,
2 Corinthians 5:19how that God was in Christ—reconciling the world to Himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses; and having put in us the word of the 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 →