Job: How Can I Contend with God?
Job 9:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
- KJV
- Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
- WEB
- Behold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
- ASV
- Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
- LSV
- Behold, He goes over by me, and I do not see, || And He passes on, and I do not attend to it.
- YLT
- Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
- DBY
- Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
- DRC
- If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart I shall not understand.
- GNV
- Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
- JPS
- Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
- LXXE
- If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἐὰν ὑπερβῇ με, οὐ μὴ ἴδω· ἐὰν παρέλθῃ με, οὐδʼ ὡς ἔγνων.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Job 23:8–9If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him. When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
- Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
- Psalms 77:19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
- 1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
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