Job 23:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book. 36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
  • Job 40:1-5 : 1 ¶ Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
  • Isa 55:6-7 : 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-20 : 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

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 order [my] cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

    5I would know the words [which] he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

    6Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

    8¶ Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

    9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:

    10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • 3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

  • Job 23:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1¶ Then Job answered and said,

    2Even to day [is] my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

  • Job 6:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8¶ Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

    9Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

    10Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • Job 31:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.

    36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

    37I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

  • 23¶ Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

  • Job 16:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!

    22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

  • 13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Job 29:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Oh that I were as [in] months past, as [in] the days [when] God preserved me;

    3When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

  • 23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • 2Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

  • 23¶ How many [are] mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

  • 16When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;

  • 1¶ I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

  • 5But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

  • 3Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

  • 19Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

  • 27But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 16As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.

  • 20[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

  • 28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 4As for me, [is] my complaint to man? and if [it were so], why should not my spirit be troubled?

  • 23For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.

  • 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

  • 12But where shall wisdom be found? and where [is] the place of understanding?

  • 7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

  • 19If [I speak] of strength, lo, [he is] strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time [to plead]?

  • 19Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? and [as for] darkness, where [is] the place thereof,

  • 15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

  • 15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

  • 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

  • 3I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

  • 15Whom, though I were righteous, [yet] would I not answer, [but] I would make supplication to my judge.

  • 2I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

  • 13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?