Job 9:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He goeth, i.e. he worketh by his providence in ways of mercy or judgment. By me; or, besides or before me; in my presence. I see him not; I see the effects, but I cannot understand the causes or grounds of his actions, for they are incomprehensible by me, or by any other men: for though he speaks only in his own person, yet he means it of all men; that such is the weakness of men's understandings, that they cannot search out God's counsels and ways: see Acts 17:27 Romans 11:33. He passeth on also; he goeth from place to place, from one action to another. He speaks of God after the manner of men.

Job 9:11

11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.