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


In Context

5 I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

6 In the abundance of power doth He strive with me? No! surely He putteth it in me.

7 There the upright doth reason with Him, And I escape for ever from my judge.

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

9 To the left in His working — and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.

10 For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me — as gold I go forth.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find 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 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: