Job 23:8
Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.
Young's Literal Translation
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 doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.
9[To] the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
Cross References
Job 9:11Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
Job 35:14Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment [is] before Him, and stay for Him.
Psalms 13:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me? — for ever? Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me?
Isaiah 45:15Surely Thou [art] a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel — 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 →