Job 23:8
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.
Cross References
Job 9:11If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
Job 35:14Yea when thou shalt say : He considereth not : be judged before him, and expect him.
Psalms 13:1Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the 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 →