Job 23:9

When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: 1 His right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

8For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, 1 Still what do I know concerning the latter end? 1

10For he knows already my way; 1 And he has tried me as gold. 1

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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 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? 1 And he will hide his face, and who shall see him? 1 Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also: 1

Isaiah 8:17And one shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in 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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