Chap. 23

Verses 1-5

Job 23:1-5 1 Then began Job, and said: 2 Even to-day my complaint still biddeth defiance,
My hand lieth heavy upon my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come even to His dwelling-place! 4 I would lay the cause before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments: 5 I should like to know the words He would answer me,
And attend to what He would say to me.
Since מרי (for which the lxx reads ἐκ τοῦ χειρός μου, מידי; Ew. מידו, from his hand) usually elsewhere signifies obstinacy, it appears that Job 23:2 ought to be explained: My complaint is always accounted as rebellion (against God); but by this rendering Job 23:2 requires some sort of expletive,