Job 23:5
I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.
KJV
ut sciam verba quæ mihi respondeat, et intelligam quid loquatur mihi.
Vulgate
γνῴην δὲ ἰάματα ἅ μοι ἐρεῖ, αἰσθοίμην δὲ τίνα μοι ἀπαγγελεῖ.
LXX
I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.
ASV
אֵ֭דְעָה מִלִּ֣ים יַעֲנֵ֑/נִי וְ֝/אָבִ֗ינָה מַה יֹּ֥אמַר לִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
י
y
noun · 38×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 4:3 — But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
- Hab 2:1 — I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
- Job 10:2 — I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
- Job 13:22 — Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.