on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.
Job 23:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him; More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him; American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; Common English Bible Look, I go east; he’s not there, west, and don’t discover him; Catholic Public Domain Version If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if I go to the east, he appeareth not: if to the west, I shall not understand him. |
on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.
When he is quiet, who can condemn? When he hides his face, who can behold him? Whether nation or person, it is the same—
How much less when you say that you do not see him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!
Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.