Job 23:11
My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
In Context
10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:2And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to thy paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalms 18:22For all his ordinances were before me, and I put not away his statutes from me.
Psalms 44:18Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps declined from thy way,
Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, LORD will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
Matthew Henry on Job 23:9-13
Mystery of Providence. ( b. c. 1520.) 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: 10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more… Read the whole commentary →