When He is in the north, I cannot perceive Him; When He turns south, I do not see Him.
Job 23:8 - Tree of Life Version But, if I go to the east, He is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find Him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
When He is in the north, I cannot perceive Him; When He turns south, I do not see Him.
“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,
How much less when you say that you do not perceive Him that the case is before Him and you must wait for Him.
If He were to pass by me, I would not see Him! Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
Why, Adonai, are You standing far off? Why hide Yourself in times of trouble?
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or is able to see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.