Job 23:11
My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned away.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
In Context
10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
Cross References
1 Samuel 12:2Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
Job 17:9Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
Psalms 17:5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
Psalms 18:22For all his ordinances were before me. I didn’t put away his statutes from me.
Psalms 44:18Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,
Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, the LORD will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
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 →