Job 23:8

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The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:11 : 11 If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
  • Ps 10:1 : 1 Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
  • Job 35:14 : 14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.
  • Ps 13:1-3 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
  • Isa 45:15 : 15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!

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