Job 23:8

Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

In Context

7There the upright might reason with him. So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

9on the left hand, when he works, but I cannot behold him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

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Cross References

Job 9:11Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him.

Job 35:14How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?

Isaiah 45:15Verily thou are a God who hides thyself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8

The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →

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