Job 23:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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    10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

    11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

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  • Job 23:10-11
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    10But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    2I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

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  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

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    20Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

    21Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

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  • 11¶ I will teach you by the hand of God: [that] which [is] with the Almighty will I not conceal.

  • 4¶ I looked on [my] right hand, and beheld, but [there was] no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

  • 23Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.

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

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

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

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  • 3When his candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;

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

  • 23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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