“ Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! ”
Oh that I knew where I might find him! - Where I might find “God.” He had often expressed a wish to bring his cause directly before God, and to be permitted to plead his cause there; see Job 13:...
Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints ( Job 23:2 ). Translate as mg. Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8-12 . He is still in quest of God, but now i...
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Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! O that I knew where I might find him! - This and the following verse may be read thus: "Who will give me the knowledge o...
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! The same wish as in Job 13:3 (contrast Hebrews 10:19-22 , "Having ... boldness to enter into the holiest by the bl...
Job's Seventh Speech (Job 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself ( Job 23 ), and with mankind (...
( 3 ) Oh that I knew where I might find him. — The piteous complaint of a man who feels that God is with him for chastisement, but not for healing.
XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1-17 ; Job 24:1-25 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again to...
“He Knoweth the Way That I Take” Job 23:1-17 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misun...
In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from...
(1) В¶ Then Job answered and said, (2) Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. (3) Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! (4) I w...
O that I knew where I might find him ,.... That is, God, who is understood, though not expressed, a relative without an antecedent, as in Psalms 87:1 ; Jarchi supplies, and interprets it, "my Judge...
Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat! Ver. 3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! ] That is, God, so oft in his mind and mouth, that his acquaintance mi...
O that I knew where I might find him! Namely, God, as his friends well knew. Thou advisest me to acquaint myself with him, I desire nothing so much as his acquaintance and presence; but, alas! he h...
HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that...
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. B. C. 1520. 1 Then Job answere...
Where I might find him, to wit, God, as his friends well knew, and the thing itself showeth. Thou biddest me acquaint myself with him , Job 22:21 . I desire nothing more than his acquaintance a...
JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access...
Job 23:3 We have here: I. The search for God. Of all the many things men seek, surely this is the noblest the search for God. "Oh that I knew where I might find Him!" There speaks a man eager in...
Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
Job 23:3 . Oh that I knew where I might find him. Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham...
Oh, that I knew where I might find Him. The cry for restored relations with God The language of the text is exclusively that of men on the earth,--although it also characterises the state and f...
EXPOSITION Verses 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence o...
Job Desires a Judicial Decision of God
2 Corinthians 5:19 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; Hebrews 4:6 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 14:7 ; Job 13:3 ; Job 16:21 ; Job 31:35-37 ; Job 40:1-5
Job Challenged by Satan Job 1:1 - Job 23:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience....
O — I desire nothing more than his acquaintance and presence; but alas, he hides his face from me. Seat — To his throne or judgment — seat to plead my cause before him.