Job 9:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 23:8-9 : 8 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. 9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
  • 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 77:19 : 19 You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

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  • Job 23:8-9
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    8The 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.

    9In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.

  • 10he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number.

  • 12If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him,‘What are you doing?’

  • 21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

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

  • 36But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

  • 8The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

  • 9He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number;

  • Job 22:13-14
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    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

    14Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

  • Job 20:8-9
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    8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

    9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

  • 1The Apparent Indifference of God“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?

  • Job 11:10-11
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    10If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?

    11For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it?

  • 18If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying,‘I have never seen you!’

  • 3Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment?

  • 3you asked,‘Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?’ But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know.

  • Ps 139:6-7
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    6Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.

    7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence?

  • Job 19:7-8
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    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

  • 14For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans.

  • 27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

  • 16It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice:

  • 25Renewed Complaint“My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness.

  • 27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • 14How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

  • 32For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

  • 21But now, the sun cannot be looked at– it is bright in the skies– after a wind passed and swept the clouds away.

  • 11“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

  • Job 9:2-4
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    2“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

    3If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.

    4He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?

  • 7Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

  • Job 33:13-14
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    13Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

    14Elihu Disagrees With Job’s View of God“For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it.

  • 23As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.

  • Job 36:25-26
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    25All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar.

    26The Work and Wisdom of God“Yes, God is great– beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable.

  • 14Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?”

  • 19If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say,‘Who will summon me?’

  • 32Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.’

  • 3He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed.

  • 9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

  • 11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

  • 7“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

  • 20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • 19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,