Job 23:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 13:3 : 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
  • Job 16:21 : 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
  • Job 31:35-37 : 35 Oh that one would hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, and that my 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 to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.
  • Job 40:1-5 : 1 Moreover, the LORD answered Job and said, 2 Shall he who contends with the Almighty instruct him? He who reproves God, let him answer it. 3 Then Job answered the LORD and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my 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 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.
  • 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, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
  • Jer 14:7 : 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.
  • 2 Cor 5:19-20 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

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  • Job 23:4-10
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    4I would present my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

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

    6Will he contend with me in his great power? No; but he would strengthen me.

    7There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.

    8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him.

    9On the left hand where he works, but I cannot behold him; he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

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

  • Job 13:3
    78%

    3Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire 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
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    76%

    8Oh, 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 I should still have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow. Let him not spare, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

  • Job 5:8
    75%

    8I would seek to God, and to God I would commit my cause:

  • Job 31:35-37
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    75%

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

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

    37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince would I approach Him.

  • Job 19:23
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    23Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book!

  • Job 16:21-22
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    74%

    21Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

    22When a few years come, then I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

  • Job 14:13
    74%

    13Oh that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

  • Job 29:2-3
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    72%

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

    3When His lamp shone upon my head, and by His light I walked through darkness;

  • Job 28:23
    72%

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

  • Job 6:2
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    2Oh, that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

  • Job 13:23
    72%

    23How many are my iniquities and sins? make me know my transgression and my sin.

  • Ps 73:16
    72%

    16When I thought to understand this, it was too painful for me;

  • Lam 3:1
    72%

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

  • Job 11:5
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    5Oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you,

  • Job 42:3
    72%

    3Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

  • Job 13:19
    72%

    19Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I keep silent, I shall die.

  • 2 Kgs 19:27
    71%

    27But I know your dwelling place, your going out and your coming in, and your rage against me.

  • Jer 17:16
    71%

    16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you.

  • Job 10:20
    71%

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

  • Isa 37:28
    71%

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

  • Job 21:4
    71%

    4As for me, is my complaint to a man? And if it were, why should my spirit not be troubled?

  • Job 30:23
    71%

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

  • Job 7:21
    71%

    21And why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I sleep in the dust, and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • Job 28:12
    71%

    12But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

  • Job 19:7
    71%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

  • Job 9:19
    71%

    19If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty: and if of judgment, who shall set a time for me to plead?

  • Job 38:19
    71%

    19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is its place,

  • Prov 7:15
    71%

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

  • Job 13:15
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    15Though he slays me, yet will I trust in him; but I will defend my own ways before him.

  • Ps 139:23
    70%

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

  • Job 36:3
    70%

    3I will bring my knowledge from afar, and will attribute righteousness to my Maker.

  • Job 9:15
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    15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would plead with my Judge.

  • Job 9:2
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    2I know this is true: but how can a man be righteous before God?

  • Job 3:13
    70%

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

  • Job 14:3
    70%

    3And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?