Job 23:11
On his steps my foot hath held fast: his way have I kept, and swerved not.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
In Context
10But he knoweth the way that I take: were he to probe me, I should come forth as gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:2And now, behold, the king is walking before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and my sons, behold, they are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth even until this day.
Job 17:9Yet will the righteous hold firmly on to his way; and he that is clean of hands will acquire additional strength.
Psalms 17:5My steps held firmly to thy tracks, [and] my footsteps did not slip.
Psalms 18:22(18:23) For all his ordinances were before me, and his statutes had I not put away from me.
Psalms 44:18(44:19) Our heart is not moved backward, nor hath our step turned aside from thy path:
Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside unto their crooked ways, them will the Lord drive away with the workers of wickedness; but peace shall 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 →