Job 23:9

If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

8Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:

10But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold.

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Cross References

Job 9:11Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.

Job 34:29And when he giueth quietnesse, who can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who can beholde him, whether it be vpon nations, or vpon a man onely?

Isaiah 8:17Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil looke for him.

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 →

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