Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken 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.
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,
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 "I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning. 3 If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat. 4 I would lay out my case before him; and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Cross References
Job 13:3
But I want to talk to the Almighty; and I'm determined to argue my case before God."
Job 16:21
crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.
Job 31:35-37
"Who will grant me a hearing? Here's my signature let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me,
Job 40:1-5
The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:
Isaiah 26:8
Yes, LORD, in the path of your judgments we wait; your name and your Law are the soul's desire.
Isaiah 55:6-7
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
Jeremiah 14:7
LORD,even though our iniquities testify against us, do something for the sake of your name. Indeed, our apostasies are many, and we have sinned against you.
2 Corinthians 5:19-20
for through the Messiah, God was reconciling the world to himself by not counting their sins against them. He has committed his message of reconciliation to us.
Hebrews 4:6
Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,