Job 23:8

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:11 : 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Job 35:14 : 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
  • Ps 13:1-3 : 1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
  • Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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  • Job 23:9-11
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    9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

    10But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

    11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

  • Job 9:11-12
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    11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

    12Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

  • 7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • Job 19:7-8
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    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

    8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

  • 3Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!

  • 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

  • 22When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

  • 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • 8The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

  • 4Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps?

  • 17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

  • 21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

  • 36Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • 21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  • 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  • 13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • Job 23:13-15
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    13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

    14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

    15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

  • 14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

  • 2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

  • 32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.

  • 23And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.

  • 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 32For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

  • 16It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

  • 8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

  • 23Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

  • 5I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

  • 23God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

  • 20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

  • 27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  • 19If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

  • 21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

  • 28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

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    10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

    11He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

  • 27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

  • 25Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

  • 11I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

  • 23Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

  • 9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

  • 23All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

  • 9The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.

  • 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

  • 3Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.