Job 23:5 - Exposition

I would know the words which he would answer me. It would be a satisfaction to Job in his present mood to know exactly how God would answer him, what reply he would make to his "arguments." The tone of thought is too bold for a creature, and would certainly not be becoming in Christians. And understand what he would say unto me . Here we have another of the redundant second clauses, which merely echo the idea contained in the previous clause.