Job 23:8
See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7There an upright man might put his cause before him; and I would be free for ever from my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:11See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
Job 35:14How much less when you say that you do not see him; that the cause is before him, and you are waiting for him.
Psalms 13:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?
Isaiah 45:15Truly, you have a secret God, the God of Israel is a Saviour!
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 →