Job 23:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 23:8

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Berean Standard Bible

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

“If I go east, he is not there. If I go west, I can’t find him.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Job 23

⁶ Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

⁷ Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

⁸ If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

⁹ When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

¹⁰ Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

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