Job 23:5
I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
6Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me.
Cross References
Job 10:2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.
Job 42:2I knowe that thou canst doe all things, and that there is no thought hidde 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 →