Job 23:8
Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
In Context
7There an upright man, might reason with him, so should I deliver myself completely from my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:11Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
Job 35:14How much less when thou sayest thou wilt not regard him! The cause, is before him, and thou must wait for him.
Psalms 13:1How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Surely, thou, art a GOD utterly hiding thyself,—O God of Israel, able to save!
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 →