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Job 23:3

NETBible	O that I knew¹ where I might find him,² that I could come³ to his place of residence!⁴
NIV © biblegateway Job 23:3	If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!
NASB © biblegateway Job 23:3	"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
NLT © biblegateway Job 23:3	If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his throne and talk with him there.
MSG © biblegateway Job 23:3	If I knew where on earth to find him, I'd go straight to him.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 23:3	If only I had knowledge of where he might be seen, so that I might come even to his seat!
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 23:3	Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling!
NKJV © biblegateway Job 23:3	Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat!
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KJV	Oh that <05414> (8799) I knew <03045> (8804) where I might find <04672> (8799) him! [that] I might come <0935> (8799) [even] to his seat <08499>_!
NASB © biblegateway Job 23:3	"Oh <04310> <5414> that I knew <03045> where I might find <04672> Him, That I might come <0935> to His seat <08499> !
LXXM	tiv <5100> I-NSM d <1161> PRT ara <685> PRT gnoih <1097> V-AAO-3S oti <3754> CONJ euroimi <2147> V-AAO-1S auton <846> D-ASM kai <2532> CONJ elyoimi <2064> V-AAO-1S eiv <1519> PREP telov <5056> N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	O <05414> <04310> that I knew <03045> where I might find <04672> him, that I could come <0935> to <05704> his place of residence <08499> !
HEBREW	wtnwkt <08499> de <05704> awba <0935> whaumaw <04672> ytedy <03045> Nty <05414> ym (23:3) <04310>

NETBible

O that I knew¹ where I might find him,² that I could come³ to his place of residence!⁴

NET Notes

¹tn The optative here is again expressed with the verbal clause, “who will give [that] I knew….”

²tn The form in Hebrew is וְאֶמְצָאֵהוּ (vÿ’emtsa’ehu), simply “and I will find him.” But in the optative clause this verb is subordinated to the preceding verb: “O that I knew where [and] I might find him.” It is not unusual to have the perfect verb followed by the imperfect in such coordinate clauses (see GKC 386 §120.e). This could also be translated making the second verb a complementary infinitive: “knew how to find him.”

²sn H. H. Rowley (Job [NCBC], 159) quotes Strahan without reference: “It is the chief distinction between Job and his friends that he desires to meet God and they do not.”

³tn This verb also depends on מִי־יִתֵּן (mi-yitten, “who will give”) of the first part, forming an additional clause in the wish formula.

⁴tn Or “his place of judgment.” The word is from כּוּן (kun, “to prepare; to arrange”) in the Polel and the Hiphil conjugations. The noun refers to a prepared place, a throne, a seat, or a sanctuary. A. B. Davidson (Job, 169) and others take the word to mean “judgment seat” or “tribunal” in this context.