Job 23:9
If he's working in the north, I don't perceive him; if he's moving south, I don't see him.
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8If I go to the east, he's not there; if I go the west, I don't find him.
10Yet he always knows where I'm going. When he has proved me, I will come out shining like gold.
Cross References
Job 9:11But when he passes by me, I don't see him; when he moves on, he is invisible to me.
Job 34:29Yet if God wants to remain silent, who can condemn him? If he chooses to hide his face, who can see him? Whether it concerns a nation or an individual,
Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the Lord, the one who is hiding his face from Jacob's descendants. I will wait in hope 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 →