Verse 3
Job 23:3
King James Version
3
Oh that I knew where I might find him!
that I might come
even to his seat!
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְ/אֶמְצָאֵ֑/הוּ אָ֝ב֗וֹא עַד תְּכוּנָתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
Who would give that I may know, and I would reach to his appointed place?
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Chapter 23 Context
1
Then Job answered and said,
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Even to day
is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
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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.
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I would know the words
which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
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Will he plead against me with
his great power? No; but he would put
strength in me.
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There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
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Behold, I go forward, but he
is not
there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold
him:
he hideth himself on the right hand,...
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10
But he knoweth the way that I take:
when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
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Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth mo...
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But he
is in one
mind, and who can turn him? and
what his soul desireth, even
that he doeth.
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For he performeth
the thing that is appointed for me: and many such
things are with him.
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Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
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16
For God (Elohim) maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
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Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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