Job 23:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

Common English Bible

⁸ Look, I go east; he’s not there, west, and don’t discover him;

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

Job 23:8 Cross References

Job 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

1 Timothy 6:16

who only hath immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power eternal. Amen.

Psalm 10:1

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

Job 35:14

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

Isaiah 45:15

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

Job 23:9

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

Job 34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man, alike:

Psalm 139:5

Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid thine hand upon me.