Job 23:9
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:
Cross References
Job 9:11If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
Job 34:29For when he granteth peace, who is there that can condemn? When he hideth his countenance, who is there that can behold him, whether it regard nations, or all men?
Isaiah 8:17And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for 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 →