Job 23:8
הֵן קֶדֶם אֶהֱלֹךְ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְאָחוֹר וְֽלֹא ־ אָבִין לֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7שָׁם יָשָׁר נוֹכָח עִמּוֹ וַאֲפַלְּטָה לָנֶצַח מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי ׃
9שְׂמֹאול בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ וְלֹא ־ אָחַז יַעְטֹף יָמִין וְלֹא אֶרְאֶֽה ׃
Cross References
Job 9:11הֵן יַעֲבֹר עָלַי וְלֹא אֶרְאֶה וְיַחֲלֹף וְֽלֹא ־ אָבִין לֽוֹ ׃
Job 35:14אַף כִּֽי ־ תֹאמַר לֹא תְשׁוּרֶנּוּ דִּין לְפָנָיו וּתְחוֹלֵֽל לֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 13:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד ׃
Isaiah 45:15אָכֵן אַתָּה אֵל מִסְתַּתֵּר אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ ׃
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 →