Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for 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;
Darby Translation
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive 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 the upright one disputed with him; and I shall be delivered forever from my judge. 8 Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for him. 9 The left hand in his working, and I shall not behold: he will cover himself on the right hand, and I shall not see.
Cross References
Job 9:11
Behold, he will pass by me, and I shall not see: and he will glide on and I shall not understand for him.
Job 35:14
Also if thou shalt say thou wilt not see him, judgment is before him, and thou shalt wait for him.
Psalm 10:1
Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou stand afar off? wilt thou hide for times in straits?
Psalm 13:1-3
To the overseer; chanting of David.
Isaiah 45:15
Surely thou art God hiding thyself, the God of Israel, the Saviour.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who only having immortality, inhabiting inaccessible light; which none of men saw, nor can see; to whom honour and might forever. Amen.