Job 23:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I am looking for him on the left hand, but there is no sign of him; and turning to the right, I am not able to see him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

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    10For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

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    17For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

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    13But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.

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