Job

Job 23:3–4

³If only I knew where to find Him,

so that I could go to His seat.

⁴I would plead my case before Him

and fill my mouth with arguments.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If only	מִֽי־	mî-	Interjection	H4310 who?
I knew	יָ֭דַעְתִּי	yā·ḏa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
where to find Him	וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּ	wə·’em·ṣā·’ê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
so that I could go	אָ֝ב֗וֹא	’ā·ḇō·w	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
His seat	תְּכוּנָתֽוֹ׃	tə·ḵū·nā·ṯōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8499 arrangement, preparation, fixed place

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I would plead	אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה	’e·‘er·ḵāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H6186 arrange or set in order
my case	מִשְׁפָּ֑ט	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
before Him	לְפָנָ֣יו	lə·p̄ā·nāw	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
and fill my mouth	וּ֝פִ֗י	ū·p̄î	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6310 mouth
with	אֲמַלֵּ֥א	’ă·mal·lê	Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H4390 be full, fill
arguments	תוֹכָחֽוֹת׃	ṯō·w·ḵā·ḥō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8433 rebuke, correction

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 23:3 Job 16:21 · Jeremiah 14:7 · Job 13:3 · Hebrews 4:6 · Job 31:35–37

Job 23:4 Job 13:18 · Daniel 9:18–19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.