Job 23:11
My foot hath held fast to His steps, His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
In Context
10For He knoweth the way that I take; when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:2And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to Thy paths, my feet have not slipped.
Psalms 18:22(18-23) For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me.
Psalms 44:18(44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
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 →