◄ Job 23:9 ►
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Good News Translation
God has been at work in the North and the South, but still I have not seen him.

New Revised Standard Version
on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.

Contemporary English Version
to my left or my right. God is always at work, though I never see him.

New American Bible
The north enfolds him, and I cannot catch sight of him; The south hides him, and I cannot see him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

he hideth himself

Psalm 89:46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Context
Job Longs for God
…8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. 9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:…
Cross References
Job 9:11
If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.

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

Job 23:10
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Job 35:14
Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

Job 23:8
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