King James Version

Job 23:3

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

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מִֽיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יִתֵּ֣ןyitengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…יָ֭דַעְתִּיyadatiknowיָדַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…וְאֶמְצָאֵ֑הוּveemtsaehvand comeמָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and come”, an unfinished actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…אָ֝ב֗וֹאavoto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.תְּכוּנָתֽוֹtekhunatvoseatתְּכוּנָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8499something arranged or fixed, i.e. a placeseat.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

Oh that I knew where I might find him, that I might come to his seat!

Douay-Rheims

Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Who would then know that I might find him, and come to an end of the matter ?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τίς δʼ ἄρα γνοίη, ὅτι εὕροιμι αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔλθοιμι εἰς τέλος;