Job 23:10
For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
In Context
9[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
11My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have known him, that he commands his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of YHWH), to do righteousness and judgment, that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which He has spoken concerning him.”
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of YHWH, || And have not done wickedly against my God.
Job 1:11You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance has spread in the land, and yet, put forth Your hand now, and strike against anything that he has—if not, he blesses You to Your face!”
Job 10:7For You know that I am not wicked, || And there is no deliverer from Your hand.
Job 31:6He weighs me in righteous balances, || And God knows my integrity.
Job 42:5By the hearing of the ear I heard You, || And now my eye has seen You.
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 →