Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandments of his lips, and the words of his mouth I have hid in my bosom.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

In Context

11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.

13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.

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Cross References

Job 6:10And that this may be my comfort, that afflicting me with sorrow, he spare not, nor I contradict the words of the Holy One.

Job 33:9I am clean, and without sin : I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.

Luke 12:42And the Lord said: Who (thinkest thou) is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their measure of wheat in due season?

John 4:32But he said to them: I have meat to eat, which you know not.

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 →

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