...bitterly that he cannot discover God and desperately states his case before the heavenly court. "Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. "If I go forward, he is...

...who " prayed in his prayers." VII JOB— GROPING " Lord, teach us to pray." — LOKB xi. z. " Oh that I knew where I might find Him ! that I might come even to Hh seat." — JOB xxiii. 3. THE Book of Job is a most marvellous composition. Who composed it, when...

...Job answered: also my complaint is bitter,' his k 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! Job 9: 14 4 I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would learn what he...

...Job answered: 2 "Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. 3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his dwelling! 4 I would lay my case before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 1 would learn what...

...forcefully in his first letter: "No one has ever seen God" (4:12). Job complains of God, "Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!" (23:3). Bible religion knows nothing about a God who can be found or made out from our side of things....

...have I to annoy God, who dwelleth on high, far beyond my reach, in imperturbable felicity ? ' Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat ! But, behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him : on the...

...needs of man, it is powerless.' For the spirit of man, when it cries aloud in its agony, 'Oh, that I knew where I might find Him! that I might come even to His seat!' (Job xiii.3) IsUm has no answer. For the cry of him who asks that our fair world with all its beauty...

...histories, not dreams and not mere poems. Like Job, I believed in God; and like him had cried: "Oh, that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! . . . Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I can perceive him: on the left...

...believes that God would listen to him and reason with him if only Job had this opportunity: Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would learn what he would answer...

...paraphrased the original text, used commentaries and discussed the translation. Job 23:3-8 (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. I would know the words which he...