Job 23:9
If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.
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In Context
8If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.
10Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.
Cross References
Job 9:11If he approaches me, I will not see him; if he departs, I will not understand.
Job 34:29For, when he grants peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hides his face, who is there that can contemplate him, either among the nations, or among all men?
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the Lord, who has concealed his face from the house of Jacob, and I will stand before 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 →