Job 8:18
If [one] doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
In Context
17By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
19Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
Cross References
Job 7:10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
Psalms 37:10And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.
Psalms 73:18Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →