Job 23:9
on the left hand, when he works, but I cannot behold him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will be a man who has trusted (LXX/NT) in him.
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 →