Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
KJV
Si ad orientem iero, non apparet ; si ad occidentem, non intelligam eum.
Vulgate
εἰς γὰρ πρῶτα πορεύσομαι, καὶ οὐκ ἔτι εἰμί, τὰ δὲ ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις, τί οἶδα;
LXX
Behold, I go forward, but he is notthere; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
ASV
הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ וְ֝/אָח֗וֹר וְֽ/לֹא אָבִ֥ין לֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אָח֑וֹר
'chvr
noun · 41×
ה
h
noun · 87×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and me…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- Isa 45:15 — Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
- Job 9:11 — Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
- Job 9:11 — Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
- Job 35:14 — Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
- Job 42:5 — I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.
- Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Ps 13:2 — How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
- Ps 139:5 — Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.