Job 23:5
Good News Translation
I want to know what he would say and how he would answer me.

New Revised Standard Version
I would learn what he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Contemporary English Version
Then I would discover what he wanted to say.

New American Bible
I would learn the words he would answer me, understand what he would say to me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.

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Job 10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me: tell me why thou judgest me so?

Job 13:22,23 Call me, and I will answer thee: or else I will speak, and do thou answer me. . . .

Job 42:2-6 I know that thou canst do all things, and no thought is hid from thee. . . .

1 Corinthians 4:3,4 But to me it is a very small thing to be judged by you or by man's day. But neither do I judge my own self. . . .

Context
Job Longs for God
4I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints. 5That I might know the words that he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me.6I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.…
Cross References
Job 23:4
I would set judgment before him, and would fill my mouth with complaints.

Job 23:6
I would not that he should contend with me with much strength, nor overwhelm me with the weight of his greatness.

Job 23:4
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