King James Version (KJV)
Job 23:8
“Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:”
Verse in context — Job 23
6
Will he plead against me with [his] great power? No; but he would put [strength] in me.
7
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
9
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold [him]: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see [him]:
10
But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
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