Job 23:8 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

DBY:

Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

ERV:

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

JPS:

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

WBS:

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

WEB:

"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

YLT:

Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

Job 23:8 Cross References

XREF:

Job 9:11 "Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

Job 35:14 "How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:8 {e} Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
(e) Meaning, that if he considers God's justice, he is not able to comprehend his judgments on what side or whatever part he turns himself.

WES:

23:8 Is not - As a judge to hear and determine my causes, otherwise he knew God was essentially present in all places.

MHC:

23:8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before him. His views were all gloomy. God seemed to stand at a distance, and frown upon him. Yet Job expressed his assurance that he should be brought forth, tried, and approved, for he had obeyed the precepts of God. He had relished and delighted in the truths and commandments of God. Here we should notice that Job justified himself rather than God, or in opposition to him, ch. 32:2. Job might feel that he was clear from the charges of his friends, but boldly to assert that, though visited by the hand of God, it was not a chastisement of sin, was his error. And he is guilty of a second, when he denies that there are dealings of Providence with men in this present life, wherein the injured find redress, and the evil are visited for their sins.

CONC:

Backward Behold Can't East Forward Perceive West

Backward East Find Forward Perceive West

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