Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7There the upright reason with Him, || And I escape from mine who is judging—forever.
9[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.
Cross References
Job 9:11Behold, He goes over by me, and I do not see, || And He passes on, and I do not attend to it.
Job 35:14Indeed, though you say you do not behold Him, || Judgment [is] before Him, and stays for Him.
Psalms 13:1TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. Until when, O YHWH, || Do You forget me forever? Until when do You hide Your face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Surely You [are] a God hiding Yourself, God of Israel—Savior!
Matthew Henry on Job 23:2-8
The Reply of Job to Eliphaz; Job Appeals from Man to God. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. 3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! 4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. 6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. 7 There the… Read the whole commentary →