Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling.
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.
King James 2000
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
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 my complaint [is] bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning. 3 {O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling. 4 I would lay [my] case {before him}, and I would fill my mouth [with] arguments
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Cross References
Job 13:3
But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.
Job 16:21
and it argues for a mortal with God, and [as] {a human} for his friend.
Job 31:35-37
{O that} {I had} someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! {As for} [the] written communication [that] {my adversary} has written,
Job 40:1-5
Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
Isaiah 26:8
Surely we wait for you [in] the path of your judgments, Yahweh, for your name and renown [are the] desire of [the] soul.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.
Jeremiah 14:7
Although our iniquities testify against us, Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20
namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
Hebrews 4:6
Since therefore it remains [for] some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience,