Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Revised Version 1895
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 should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Cross References
Job 9:11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 35:14How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, the cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
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 →