Job 23:9

[To] the left in His working—and I do not see, || He is covered [on] the right, and I do not behold.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

8Behold, I go forward—and He is not, || And backward—and I do not perceive Him.

10For He has known the way with me, || He has tried me—I go forth as gold.

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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 34:29And He gives rest, and who makes wrong? And hides the face, and who beholds it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, || [It is] the same.

Isaiah 8:17And I have waited for YHWH, || Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, || And I have looked for Him.

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 →

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