Job 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
In Context
9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
11My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Job 1:11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
Job 10:7though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
Job 31:6let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Job 42:5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
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 →