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Job 23:3

Oh, that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat, come before God's judgment-seat and present his plea, make his defense.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 23:3. _O THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM!_] This and the following verse may be read thus: "Who will give me the knowledge of God, that I may find him out? I would come to his establishm...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    OH THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM! - Where I might find “God.” He had often expressed a wish to bring his cause directly before God, and to be permitted to plead his cause there; see Job 13:3, not...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints (Job 23:2). Translate as _mg._ Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8. He is still in quest of God, but now is convinced t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OH. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job ardently desires that he could come to God's judgment-seat to plead his cause before Him; and that God would give heed to him and answer him. Then assuredly his innocence would be established....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _his seat_ i. e. His judgment-seat, or tribunal....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Job's Reply to the Third Speech of Eliphaz. Job continues to miss any Moral Government of the World by God As before, in the two preceding cycles of debate, Job's mind is too much absorbed in contemp...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. JOB'S PERSISTENT DESIRE OR VALUE OF ARGUING WITH GOD? (Job 23:1, Job 24:25) 1. Job has honored God and obeyed his word, but God will not give him a hearing; He intentionally avoids him. (Job 23:...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OH THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM! THAT I MIGHT COME EVEN TO HIS SEAT!_ The same wish as in Job 13:3 (contrast Hebrews 10:19, "Having ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    23:3 come (l-13) Or 'I would come.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (JOB 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself (Job 23), and with mankind (Job 24...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 23 JOB SPEAKS AGAIN JOB WA...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In Job’s society, if somebody needed help, that person would go to the judge’s court. The person would explain their problems to the judge. The judge might not only act as judge, but also as the polic...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    _(_3_)_ OH THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM. — The piteous complaint of a man who feels that God is with him for chastisement, but not for healing....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מִֽי ־יִתֵּ֣ן יָ֭דַעְתִּי וְ אֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ אָ֝בֹ֗וא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “HE KNOWETH THE WAY THAT I TAKE” Job 23:1 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misunderstand...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Then Job answered and said, (2) Even today 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 wo...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    O THAT I KNEW WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM,.... That is, God, who is understood, though not expressed, a relative without an antecedent, as in Psalms 87:1; Jarchi supplies, and interprets it, "my Judge", fr...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! Ver. 3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him!_] That is, God, so oft in his mind and mouth, that his acquaintance migh...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O that I knew where I might find him!_ Namely, God, as his friends well knew. Thou advisest me to acquaint myself with him, I desire nothing so much as his acquaintance and presence; but, alas! he hi...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that occu...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    His friends had exhorted him to return to God (Job 22:23), and Job responds, "I want to see God,. want to talk to Him!" The problem is that God is not allowing Job to find Him. "Strahan correctly obse...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-7 Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto him...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WHERE I MIGHT FIND HIM, to wit, God, as his friends well knew, and the thing itself showeth. Thou biddest me _acquaint myself with him_, JOB 22:21. I desire nothing more than his acquaintance and pres...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 23:3 Oh H5414 (H8799) knew H3045 (H8804) find H4672 (H8799) come H935 (H8799) seat H8499

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 23:3 We have here: I. The search for God. Of all the many things men seek, surely this is the noblest the search for God. "Oh that I knew where I might find Him!" There speaks a man eager in the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Job is in great physical pain through the sore boils that cover him from head to foot; he is still smarting under all the bereavements and losses he has sustained; and he is somewhat irritated by the...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    We shall read, this evening, in the Book of Job. May the good Spirit instruct us during our reading! Here we shall see Job in a very melancholy plight, grievously distressed in mind, and yet, for all...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Job again answers. He longs for God. CHARACTERS: God, Job, three friends. CONCLUSION: Those who keep the way of the Lord may comfort themselves with the thought that they are being tried,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 23:3. _Oh that I knew where I might find him._ Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham in...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Oh, that I knew where I might find Him._ THE CRY FOR RESTORED RELATIONS WITH GOD The language of the text is exclusively that of men on the earth,--although it also characterises the state and feeli...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:1 Job is tired of arguing his case before his friends. In this reply, he ignores most of Eliphaz’s most recent response. Instead, he expresses his desire to stand personally before...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 23:3 The last time Job used this kind of legal language, he was convinced that God would both ignore and condemn him (see Job 9:3,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access to...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION VERSES 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence of his co...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And so Job answers him and he says, Every day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning (Job 23:1-2). Really, what's happened to me is even worse than I'm complaining. I'm not eve...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Hebrews 4:6; Isaiah 26:8;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOB CHALLENGED BY SATAN Job 1:1 _-Job 23:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience. We remember...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    O — I desire nothing more than his acquaintance and presence; but alas, he hides his face from me. Seat — To his throne or judgment — seat to plead my cause before him....

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