Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
New American Standard Bible
That I might come to His seat!
King James Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Holman Bible
so that I could go to His throne.
International Standard Version
If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.
A Conservative Version
O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!
American Standard Version
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
Amplified
“Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might [even] come to His seat!
Bible in Basic English
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Darby Translation
Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!
Julia Smith Translation
Who will give, I knew to find him: I will come even to his place.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling.
Modern King James verseion
Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O that I might see him and find him: O that I might come before 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;
Webster
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!
Youngs Literal Translation
O that I had known -- and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Themes
Interlinear
Nathan
Yada`
Matsa'
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
2 Even today is my complaint bitter: my hand is heavy in spite of 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.
Names
Cross References
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 pleads for his neighbor!
Job 31:35-37
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book.
Job 40:1-5
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Isaiah 26:8
Yea, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 14:7
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20
That is, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and has committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter into it, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: