Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
In Context
11My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not been turned away in sin from my God.
Job 1:11But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.
Job 10:7Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?
Job 31:6(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)
Job 42:5Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.
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 →