Job 23:8
For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, 1 Still what do I know concerning the latter end? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7For truth and reproof are from him; 1 And he would bring forth my judgment to an end. 1
Cross References
Job 9:11If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: 1 If he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it. 1
Job 35:14He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: 1 And do thou plead before him, if thou canst praise him, as it is possible even now. 1
Psalms 13:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1 The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. 1 They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; 1 There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one. 1
Isaiah 45:15For thou art God, yet we knew it not, the God of Israel, the 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 →