Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Job yearns to find God's dwelling and present his case before the divine tribunal, confident he would be acquitted if he could only reach the heavenly court. But God is nowhere to be found — north, south, east, or west. …
Other Translations
Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
Cross References
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and …
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is …
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; …
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in …
Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary …
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!