Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
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

If only I knew how to find Him,
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!

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,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Oh that
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

References

Fausets

Job

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

2 Even today my complaint is bitter rebellion. God's hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3 “Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Cross References

Job 13:3

But I want to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God.

Job 16:21

O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor!

Job 31:35-37

Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

Job 40:1-5

JEHOVAH SPEAKS TO JOB:

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, Jehovah, walking in the way of your Laws, we wait for you. Your name and your fame are the desire of our hearts.

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek Jehovah while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

Jeremiah 14:7

Do something, Jehovah, for the sake of your name, even though our iniquities testify against us. We have been unfaithful (like apostates) and have sinned against you.

2 Corinthians 5:19-20

God was reconciling the world to himself through Christ. He was not imputing their trespasses against them, for he had committed the word of reconciliation to us.

Hebrews 4:6

It remains for some to enter into it. Those who first received the good news did not enter in because they did not obey and lacked faith.

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