Passage

Job 23.3

Book: Job · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

Then Job answered and said, 2. Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5. I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. (Job 23:1-5, ASV)

WEB

Then Job answered, 2. “Even today my complaint is rebellious. His hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

I would set my cause in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would tell me. (Job 23:1-5, WEB)

KJV

Then Job answered and said, 2. Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. ^{stroke: Heb. hand}

3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5. I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. (Job 23:1-5, KJV)

YLT

And Job answereth and saith: 2. Also, to-day [is] my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.

3. O that I had known, and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,

I arrange before Him the cause, And my mouth fill [with] arguments. 5. I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me. (Job 23:1-5, YLT)

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Setting

Speaker: TBD
Audience: TBD
Location: TBD
Time period: TBD

Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

H3045 - yada, yada, Strong's H3045

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Concepts:

Job Bet Objection

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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