Job 23:8
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
Cross References
Job 9:11Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
Psalms 13:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O 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 →