Job 23:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.

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  • Ps 89:46 : 46 How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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    17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

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    13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.

    14For he performs that which is appointed for me. Many such things are with him.

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    2"Truly I know that it is so, But how can man be just with God?

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