Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him.
New American Standard Bible
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
King James Version
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Holman Bible
if He goes right by, I wouldn’t recognize Him.
International Standard Version
"If he were to pass near me, I wouldn't notice; if he moves by, I wouldn't perceive him.
American Standard Version
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Amplified
“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;
He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.
Bible in Basic English
See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
Darby Translation
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, he will pass by me, and I shall not see: and he will glide on and I shall not understand for him.
King James 2000
Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.
Modern King James verseion
Behold! He goes by me, and I do not see Him; He passes on also, but I do not perceive Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.
NET Bible
If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
Webster
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
World English Bible
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
Themes
Interlinear
Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 9:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad
10 who does great things past finding out, yea, marvelous things without number. 11 Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him. 12 Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?
Cross References
Job 23:8-9
Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,
Job 35:14
How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!
Psalm 77:19
Thy way was in the sea, and thy paths in the great waters. And thy footsteps were not known.
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in irreproachable light, whom no man has seen, nor can see, to whom is honor and eternal dominion. Truly.