Job 23:5

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

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WEBBE

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me.

BSB

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

KJV

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

ASV

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

BBE

I would see what his answers would be, and have knowledge of what he would say to me.

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אֵדְעָה 'e·de·'ah I want to know H3045 מִלִּים mi·lim [the] words H4405 יַעֲנֵנִי ya·'a·ne·ni [which] he will answer me H6030 וְאָבִינָה ve·'a·vi·nah and I want to understand H995 מַה־ mah- what H4100 יֹּאמַר yo·mar will he say H559 לִי li to me H9030

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

Job appeals from his friends to the just judgement of God. He wants to have his cause tried quickly. Blessed be God, we may know where to find him. He is in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself; and upon a mercy-seat, waiting to be gracious. Thither the sinner may go; and there the believer may order his cause before Him, with arguments taken from his promises, his covenant, and his glory. A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.