Job 23:12

The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

In Context

11On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

13And He [is] in one [mind], And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired — and He doth [it].

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Cross References

Job 6:10And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain — He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

Job 33:9'Pure [am] I, without transgression, Innocent [am] I, and I have no iniquity.

Psalms 119:11In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

Psalms 119:127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold — even fine gold.

Luke 12:42And the Lord said, 'Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

John 4:32and he said to them, 'I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

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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