Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
New American Standard Bible
And backward, but I
King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Holman Bible
and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
International Standard Version
"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.
A Conservative Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
American Standard Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
Amplified
“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there;
I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
Bible in Basic English
See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for him.
King James 2000
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Lexham Expanded Bible
"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For though I go before, I find him not; If I come behind, I can get no knowledge of him;
NET Bible
"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
New Heart English Bible
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
The Emphasized Bible
Behold! eastward, I go, but he is not there, and, westward, but I perceive him not;
Webster
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
World English Bible
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
Interlinear
Qedem
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
7 There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him; 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not.
Cross References
Job 9:11
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Job 35:14
Although thou sayest thou dost not see him, judgment is before him, therefore wait for him.
Psalm 10:1
Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? Why hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
Psalm 13:1-3
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. ...
1 Timothy 6:16
who only has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor is able to see; to whom be honour and eternal might. Amen.