Job 23:8
“If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7There the upright might reason with him, so I should be delivered forever from my judge.
9He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
Cross References
Job 9:11Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
Job 35:14How much less when you say you don’t see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
Psalms 13:1How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, 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 →