KJV King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
WEB World English Bible
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
ASV American Standard Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
O that I had known—and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Surrounding context — Job 23
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.
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Job 16:21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!Hebrews 4:6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:Jeremiah 14:7O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.Job 13:3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.Job 31:35-37Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.Isaiah 55:6-7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Job 40:1-5Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,Isaiah 26:8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.2 Corinthians 5:19-20To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
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