Job 23:3
I ◄wish that I knew/want to know► where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
In Context
Cross References
Job 16:20My three friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears while I cry out to God.
Job 31:35“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare that all that I have said is true. I wish that those who oppose me would write down on a scroll the evil things that they say that I did.
Isaiah 26:8Yahweh, by obeying your laws we show that we trust you to help us; and what we desire is that you will be honored/praised/exalted.
Isaiah 55:6Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near!
2 Corinthians 5:19That is, he sent us(exc) to tell them that when Christ died, God was making it possible for everyone [MTY] in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that we believers have done. The message that God has given to us to tell people is how we can have a peaceful relationship with him.
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 →