Job 23:3

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:3 : 3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book. 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown. 37 I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince.
  • Job 40:1-5 : 1 The LORD answered Job and said: 2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? Let the one who argues with God answer. 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said: 4 Behold, I am insignificant. What can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, but I will not answer; twice, but I will say no more.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, so that He may have compassion on him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-20 : 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 23:4-10
    7 verses
    83%

    4I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words he would answer me with and understand what he would say to me.

    6Would he contend with me in his great power? No, he would instead give me strength.

    7There the upright could reason with him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

    8But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I cannot perceive him.

    9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I cannot catch a glimpse of him.

    10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

  • Job 13:3
    78%

    3But I desire to speak to the Almighty, and I wish to reason with God.

  • Job 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Then Job answered and said:

    2Even today my complaint is bitter; my suffering is heavier than my groaning.

  • Job 6:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8Oh, that my request would be granted, and that God would fulfill my hope.

    9That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

    10It would still be my comfort— I would even exult in the midst of unrelenting pain— for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 5:8
    75%

    8But I would seek God and place my cause before the Almighty.

  • Job 31:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35Oh, that someone would hear me! I sign now my defense; let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out his charges in a book.

    36Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.

    37I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him like a prince.

  • Job 19:23
    74%

    23Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

  • Job 16:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as one does for his neighbor.

    22For only a few years will come, and the path I take will never return.

  • Job 14:13
    74%

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Job 29:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Oh, that I were as in the months gone by, as in the days when God watched over me,

    3when His lamp shone upon my head, and I walked by His light through the darkness.

  • Job 28:23
    72%

    23God understands its way, and He knows its place.

  • Job 6:2
    72%

    2If only my grief could be weighed and my calamity placed together on the scales!

  • Job 13:23
    72%

    23How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal my transgression and my sin to me.

  • Ps 73:16
    72%

    16When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply.

  • Lam 3:1
    72%

    1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath.

  • Job 11:5
    72%

    5But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Job 42:3
    72%

    3You asked, 'Who is this that obscures counsel without knowledge?' Surely, I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Job 13:19
    72%

    19Who can contend with me? For now, if I am silent, I will perish.

  • 2 Kgs 19:27
    71%

    27But I know your sitting down, your going out, and your coming in, as well as your raging against Me.

  • Jer 17:16
    71%

    16I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You. I have not desired the day of disaster. You know what has come from my lips; it was before You.

  • Job 10:20
    71%

    20Are not my days few? Leave me alone, so I may have a moment of relief.

  • Isa 37:28
    71%

    28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

  • Job 21:4
    71%

    4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • Job 30:23
    71%

    23I know You will bring me back to death, to the house appointed for all the living.

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.

  • Job 28:12
    71%

    12But where can wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 19:7
    71%

    7Behold, I cry out, 'Violence!' but I am not answered; I call for help, but there is no justice.

  • Job 9:19
    71%

    19If it is a matter of strength, He is mighty! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

  • Job 38:19
    71%

    19Where is the way that light dwells, and where is the place of darkness,

  • Prov 7:15
    71%

    15'So I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.'

  • Job 13:15
    71%

    15Though He slay me, yet I will hope in Him. Nevertheless, I will defend my ways before Him.

  • Ps 139:23
    70%

    23Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

  • Job 36:3
    70%

    3I will bring my knowledge from far away and ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  • Job 9:15
    70%

    15Even if I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I could only plead for mercy with my judge.

  • Job 9:2
    70%

    2Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

  • Job 3:13
    70%

    13For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept, then I would be at rest.

  • Job 14:3
    70%

    3Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you?