8"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.


In Context

5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say.

6 Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.

7 There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

8 "But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Job 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there;] and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8|If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8Lo, forward I go — and He is not, And backward — and I perceive him not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: