Job 23:8

Job chapter 23 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

King James Version · 1611

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

American Standard Version · 1901

Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

v.7There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

v.8This passage

v.9On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 9:11
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Psalms 13:1
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Job 35:14
How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
1 Timothy 6:16
who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power eternal. Amen.
Psalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?