Job 23:8
If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7Let him show fairness in response to me, and let my judgment reach to victory.
Cross References
Job 9:11If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
Job 35:14And so, when you say, “He does not examine,” be judged before him, but wait for him.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They were corrupted, and they have become abominable in their studies. There is no one who does good; there is not even one.
Isaiah 45:15Truly, you are a hidden God, the 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 →