Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see 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;
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:
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 an upright person could reason with him, and I would be acquitted forever by my judge. 8 "When I go forward, {he is not there}, or backward, I cannot see him. 9 {When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].
Cross References
Job 9:11
"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.
Job 35:14
{How much less} [when] you say [that] you do not see him, that [the] case [is] {before him}, and you are waiting for him!
Psalm 10:1
Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off? [Why] do you hide during times of distress?
Psalm 13:1-3
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Isaiah 45:15
Surely you [are] a God who keeps yourself hidden, God of Israel, [the] savior.
1 Timothy 6:16
the [one who] alone possesses immortality, who lives [in] unapproachable light, whom no human being has seen nor is able to see, to whom [be] honor and eternal power. Amen.