Job 23:8
For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know concerning the latter end?
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.
Cross References
Job 9:11If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.
Job 35:14He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now.
Psalms 13:1For the end, a Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; there is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.
Isaiah 45:15For thou art God, yet we knew it not, 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 →