Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling! New Living Translation If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court. English Standard Version Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Berean Standard Bible If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. King James Bible Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! New King James Version Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! New American Standard Bible “Oh that I knew how to find Him, That I might come to His home! NASB 1995 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! NASB 1977 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! Legacy Standard Bible Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! Amplified Bible “Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might [even] come to His seat! Christian Standard Bible If only I knew how to find him, so that I could go to his throne. Holman Christian Standard Bible If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne. American Standard Version 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 English Revised Version Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! GOD'S WORD® Translation "If only I knew where I could find God! I would go where he lives. Good News Translation How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is. International Standard Version If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. Majority Standard Bible If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. NET Bible O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence! New Heart English Bible Oh that I knew where I might find him. That I might come even to his seat. Webster's Bible Translation Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! World English Bible Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat! Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionO that I had known—and I find Him, "" I come to His seat, Young's Literal Translation O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat, Smith's Literal Translation Who will give, I knew to find him: I will come even to his place. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne? Catholic Public Domain Version Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and that I may approach even to his throne? New American Bible Would that I knew how to find him, that I might come to his dwelling! New Revised Standard Version Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleOh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But who makes it possible for me to arrive unto his seat? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat! Brenton Septuagint Translation Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job Longs for God…2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat. 4I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.… Cross References Psalm 42:1-2 For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. / My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psalm 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. John 4:23-24 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” John 14:6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Acts 17:27 God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. Treasury of Scripture Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! Oh that Job 13:3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. Job 16:21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! Job 40:1-5 Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, … where Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: … 2 Corinthians 5:19,20 To 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… Hebrews 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: that I might Job 31:35-37 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book… Jump to Previous Dwelling Find SeatJump to Next Dwelling Find SeatJob 23 1. Job longs to appear before God6. in confidence of his mercy 8. God, who is invisible, observes our ways 11. Job's innocence 13. God's decree is immutable If only I knew This phrase captures Job's deep yearning and desperation. The Hebrew root here is "yada," which means to know, perceive, or understand. Job's lament is not just about intellectual knowledge but a profound, intimate understanding of God's presence and will. In the conservative Christian perspective, this reflects the believer's desire for a personal relationship with God, echoing the New Testament call to "know" Christ deeply (Philippians 3:10). where to find Him so that I could go to His seat Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew If onlyמִֽי־ (mî-) Interjection Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix I knew יָ֭דַעְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3045: To know where to find Him, וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ (wə·’em·ṣā·’ê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present so that I could go אָ֝ב֗וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while His seat. תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃ (tə·ḵū·nā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8499: Arrangement, preparation, fixed place Links Job 23:3 NIVJob 23:3 NLT Job 23:3 ESV Job 23:3 NASB Job 23:3 KJV Job 23:3 BibleApps.com Job 23:3 Biblia Paralela Job 23:3 Chinese Bible Job 23:3 French Bible Job 23:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 23:3 Oh that I knew where I might (Jb) |
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