Job 23:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 23:3-5

Job 23:3-5. 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 hides his face from me, that I cannot see or come near him. That I might come even to his seat To his throne or judgment-seat, to plead my cause before him. I would order my cause Declare in order the things which concern my cause, would set it in a true light, and show the justice... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 23:1-17

Job’s reply to Eliphaz (23:1-24:25)Again Job says that he is not rebelling against God or running away from him as his friends claim. On the contrary he wants to meet God, so that he can present his case to him and listen to God’s answer (23:1-5). He is confident that God will declare him innocent of the charges people have made against him (6-7).No matter where Job has searched for God, he has not found him. He cannot see God, but God can see him. God knows he is upright, and one day, when... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 23:3

Oh. Figure of speech Ecphonesis. App-6 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 23:3

3. The same wish as in :- (compare :-). Seat—The idea in the Hebrew is a well-prepared throne ( :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 23:1-7

Job’s longing 23:1-7Job admitted that he had rebelled against God to the extent that he had complained about his condition (Job 23:2 a). "His hand" (Job 23:2 b) is "My hand" in the Hebrew text. Job had not given up his desire to present his case before God before he died (cf. Job 9:14-16)."It is obvious that Job rests his hope for a favorable decision on the Judge’s just character." [Note: Hartley, p. 339.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 23:1-25

2. Job’s third reply to Eliphaz chs. 23-24Job temporarily ignored Eliphaz’s groundless charges of sin and proceeded to reflect on the problem of God’s injustice."The first part of this speech is superb. The option placed before Job by Eliphaz has clarified his thinking. He has come to quite different conclusions, and he expresses them in a soliloquy, for he does not appear to be addressing either Eliphaz or God." [Note: Andersen, p. 207.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 23:1-17

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 (Job 24). All seems to betoken a God that hideth Himself. Yet he is evidently calmer and more trustful in God’s justice than in earlier speeches.1-7. Job longs that he may find God and plead his cause before Him, confident that He wifl acquit him of guilt.2b. RM ’My hand is heavy upon my groaning,’ i.e. I... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 23:3

(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. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 23:1-17

Job 23:3 'I remember one day in the early springtide,' Tolstoy writes in his Confessions, 'I was listening to the sounds of a forest, and thinking only of one thing, a thing of which I had thought for two years on end I was again seeking for a God.... I remembered that I had lived only when I believed in a God. As it was before, so was it now; I had but to know God, in order to live; I had but to forget Him, to cease believing in Him, and I died. What was the meaning of this despair and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 23:1-17

XX.WHERE IS ELOAH?Job 23:1-17; Job 24:1-25Job SPEAKSTHE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind."Again today, my plaint, my rebellion! The hand upon me is heavier than my groanings."I must speak of my trouble and you will count it rebellion. Yet, if I moan and sigh, my pain and weariness are more than excuse. The crisis of faith is with him, a protracted misery, and hope hangs trembling in the balance. The false... read more

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