Job 23:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: ”

Job 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, I go forward - The meaning of these verses is, I go in all directions, but I cannot find God. I am excluded from the trial which I seek, and I cannot bring my cause to his throne. Job exp...
Job 23:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(e) Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: (e) Meaning, that if he considers God's justice, he is not able to comprehend his judgments on what side o...
Job 23:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job still rebels, though he does his best to repress his complaints ( Job 23:2 ). Translate as mg. Job 23:6 f. shows the gain Job has got. Job 23:8-12 . He is still in quest of God, but now i...
Job 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Behold, I go forward - These two verses paint in vivid colors the distress and anxiety of a soul in search of t...
Job 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: But I wish in vain. For "behold," etc. Forward ... backward - rather, 'to the east, to the west.' The Heb...
Job 23:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Seventh Speech (Job 23, 24) Job makes but slight reference to the remarks of Eliphaz, but continues to brood over the mysteries of God's dealings with himself ( Job 23 ), and with mankind (...
Job 23:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1-17 ; Job 24:1-25 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again to...
Job 23:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“He Knoweth the Way That I Take” Job 23:1-17 This chapter is threaded by a sublime faith. Job admitted that his complaint seemed rebellious, but God's hand had been heavy on him. From the misun...
Job 23:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In answer to Eliphaz, ob took no notice of the terrible charges made against him. That is postponed to a later speech. Rather, he discussed Eliphai conception of his view of God as being absent from...
Job 23:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) В¶ 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...
Job 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there] ,.... Job here returns to what he had said before, Job 23:3 ; as Jarchi observes, where he expresses his earnest desire after God, that he might know w...
Job 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: Ver. 8. Behold, I go forward ] Heb. Eastward, which is reckoned the forepart of the world; because that eye...
Job 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I go forward קדם, kedem, ad orientem, toward the east: אחור, achor, ad occidentem, toward the west; so the Vulgate, which is likewise the interpretation of the Jewish commentators, who by the...
Job 23:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HE LONGS TO LAY HIS CASE BEFORE GOD (vv.1-9) What Eliphaz has said to Job was hardly worth an answer, so that Job practically ignores this and lays before his friends the actual distresses that...
Job 23:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mystery of Providence. B. C. 1520. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; an...
Job 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I go forward, i.e. towards the east, which in Scripture is accounted the forepart of the world, as the Hebrew name of it signifies, because of the light of the sun, which ariseth there, and draweth...
Job 23:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S THIRD REPLY TO ELIPHAZ Ceases directly to address his friends. His present speech rather a soliloquy. Takes no notice of the charges laid against him by Eliphaz. Laments the want of access...
Job 23:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Always remember, dear friends, that one of the great lessons of the Book of Job is this, that we may never judge a man's character by his condition. The best of men may have the most of suffering and...
Job 23:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 23:3 . Oh that I knew where I might find him. Job sighs for the favours conferred on certain patriarchs, whom God had met. The living oracle was with Noah after the flood; it was with Abraham...
Job 23:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there. Obscurity of the Divine working The perplexities felt by Job on this and kindred problems were not greater or more harassing than they are to us. Our...
Job 23:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verses 1-24:25 Job replies to Eliphaz in a speech of no great length, which, though it occupies two chapters, runs to only forty-two verses. He begins by justifying the vehemence o...
Job 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive Him; whether he goes to the east or to the west, he cannot find the judgment-seat of God, and so the joyful prospect whi...
Job 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:16 ; Isaiah 45:15 ; Job 9:11 ; Psalms 10:1 ; Psalms 13:1-3
Job 23:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job Challenged by Satan Job 1:1 - Job 23:1-17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We begin today a series of studies on one of the most interesting characters of the Bible. He is Job, the man of patience....
Job 23:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is not — As a judge to hear and determine my causes, otherwise he knew God was essentially present in all places.

Job 23:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 23:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 23:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 23:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 23:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 23:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 23:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 23:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 23:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 23:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 23:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 23:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 23:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 23:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 23:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 23:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 23:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 23:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 23:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 23:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 23:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 23:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 23:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 23:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Job 23:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes