Job 23:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 23:3

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Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “Even today my ^acomplaint is bitter;
¹My hand is listless because of my groaning.

3 ^aOh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

4 I would present my case 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 to me.

6 ^aWould He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.

7 There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

8 “Look,^a I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

9 When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.

Verse Comparison: Job 23:3

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American Standard Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

Amplified® Bible
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

Contemporary English Version
If I knew where to find God, I would go there

Darby English Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

Good News Bible
How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is.

King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

New American Standard Bible
"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

New International Version
If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!

New King James Version
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!

Revised Standard Version
Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

Young's Literal Translation
O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

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Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments

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