Job 23:11
My foot has laid hold on His step, || I have kept His way, and do not turn aside,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
In Context
10For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:2and now, behold, the king is habitually walking before you, and I have become aged and gray-headed, and my sons, behold, they [are] with you, and I have habitually walked before you from my youth until this day.
Job 17:9And the righteous lays hold [on] his way, || And the clean of hands adds strength.
Psalms 17:5To uphold my goings in Your paths, || My steps have not slipped.
Psalms 18:22For all His judgments [are] before me, || And I do not turn His statutes from me.
Psalms 44:18We do not turn our heart backward, || Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
Psalms 125:5As for those turning [to] their crooked ways, || YHWH causes them to go with workers of iniquity. Peace on 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 →