Job 23:12
I have always obeyed what he [SYN] commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
11I [SYN] have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped obeying him.
Cross References
Job 6:10If he would do that, I would be comforted by knowing that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered, I have always obeyed what God, the Holy One, has commanded.
Job 33:9‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong.
Psalms 119:11I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised► in order that I will not sin against you.
Psalms 119:127Truly, I love ◄your commands/what you have commanded► more than I love gold; I love them more than I love very pure gold.
Luke 12:42The Lord replied, “ I am saying it for you and for anyone else [MET, RHQ] who is like a faithful and wise manager in his master’s house. His master appoints him to supervise affairs in his house and to give all the other servants their food at the proper time. Then he leaves on a long trip.
John 4:32But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
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 →