Job 23:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ But He knows the way that I take [He has concern for it, appreciates, and pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined gold [pure and luminous]. [Ps. 17:3; 66:10; James 1:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Surely he knows my way; when he tests me, I will emerge as gold.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Truly, he knows my way and has tested me like gold that passes through fire.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire.

Job 23:10 Cross References

Genesis 18:19

No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

2 Samuel 22:22

For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.

2 Kings 20:3

“Remember now, O Lord, I implore you, how I have walked before you in faithfulness with a whole heart and have done what is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Job 10:7

although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?

Job 23:7

There the upright could reason with him, and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.

Job 23:9

on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.

Job 31:4

Does he not see my ways and number all my steps?

Job 31:6

let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!—

Job 33:9

You say, ‘I am clean, without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me.

Job 6:29

Turn, I pray; let no wrong be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

Job 7:18

visit them every morning, test them every moment?

Psalm 1:6

for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 11:5

The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and his soul hates the lover of violence.

Psalm 17:3

If you try my heart, if you visit me by night, if you test me, you will find no wickedness in me; my mouth does not transgress.

Psalm 66:10

For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous, you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God.

Proverbs 17:3

The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.

Jeremiah 12:3

But you, O Lord, know me; you see me and test me; my heart is with you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will put this third into the fire, refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”

John 21:17

He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

1 Corinthians 3:15

If the work is burned up, the builder will suffer loss; the builder will be saved, but only as through fire.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember the long way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commandments.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He who had received the promises was ready to offer up his only son,

James 1:12

Blessed is anyone who endures temptation. Such a one has stood the test and will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 1:7

so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.