Job 23:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁹ north in his activity, and I don’t grasp him; he turns south, and I don’t see.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ If I turn to the left, what can I do? I will not take hold of him. If I turn myself to the right, I will not see him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him. If I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

Job 23:9 Cross References

Job 10:13

Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart; I know that this is with thee:

Job 23:10

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

Job 23:8

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

Job 35:14

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

Job 9:11

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

Psalm 89:46

How long, O LORD, wilt thou hid thyself for ever? How long shall thy wrath burn like fire?

Isaiah 45:15

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

Isaiah 8:17

And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.