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Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! [that] I might come [even] to his seat!

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Oh that		Job 13:3; Job 16:21; Job 40:1-5; Isa 26:8; Jer 14:7
where		Isa 55:6,7; 2Cr 5:19,20; Hbr 4:6
that I might		Job 31:35-37

Correlating Passages

Oh that

	Job 13:3	Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
	Job 16:21	O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man [pleadeth] for his neighbour!
	Job 40:1	Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
	Job 40:2	Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct [him]? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
	Job 40:3	Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
	Job 40:4	Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
	Job 40:5	Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
	Isa 26:8	Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
	Jer 14:7	O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou [it] for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

where

	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	2Cr 5:19	To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
	2Cr 5:20	Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
	Hbr 4:6	Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

that I might

	Job 31:35	Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book.
	Job 31:36	Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.
	Job 31:37	I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 23:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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