“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:”
Job 23:8 (KJV) |
Job 23:8
From Job 23, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
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:
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.