Job 23:5
I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Majority Standard Bible
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 plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
6Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
Job 42:2“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
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 →