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Job 9:11

If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   God Continued...;   Thompson Chain Reference - Invisibility of God;   Mysteries-Revelations;   Unseen God;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him;if he went by, I wouldn’t recognize him.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
King James Version
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
English Standard Version
Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
New Century Version
When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
New English Translation
If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
Amplified Bible
"Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.
New American Standard Bible
"If He were to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
World English Bible
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
Legacy Standard Bible
Were He to sweep by me, I would not see Him;Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
Berean Standard Bible
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
Contemporary English Version
God walks right past me, without making a sound.
Complete Jewish Bible
He can go right by me, and I don't see him; he moves past without my being aware of him.
Darby Translation
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
Easy-to-Read Version
When he passes by, I cannot see him. He goes right past me, and I don't notice.
George Lamsa Translation
Lo, if he will pass by me, I will see him not; and if he will circle around me, I will not perceive him.
Good News Translation
God passes by, but I cannot see him.
Lexham English Bible
"If he passes by me, I would not see him; and if he should move on, I would not recognize him.
Literal Translation
Behold, He goes by me, and I do not see Him ; and He passes on, but I do not perceive Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not perceaue it.
American Standard Version
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Bible in Basic English
See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Lo, He goeth by me, and I see Him not. He passeth on also, but I perceive Him not.
King James Version (1611)
Loe, hee goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceiue him not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.
English Revised Version
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If he cometh to me, `that is, bi his grace, Y schal not se hym; if he goith awey, `that is, in withdrawynge his grace, Y schal not vndurstonde.
Update Bible Version
Look, he goes by me, and I don't see him: He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
New King James Version
If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
New Living Translation
"Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him. When he moves by, I do not see him go.
New Life Bible
When He passes by me, I do not see Him. When He goes by me, I do not know Him.
New Revised Standard
Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
Revised Standard Version
Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

Contextual Overview

1 And Job answered, and said: 2 Indeed I know it is so, and that man cannot be justified, compared with God. 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one for a thousand. 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath resisted him, and hath had peace? 5 Who hath removed mountains, and they whom he overthrew in his wrath, knew it not. 6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Who commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: and shutteth up the stars, as it were, under a seal: 8 Who alone spreadeth out the heavens, and walketh upon the waves of the sea 9 Who maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the south. 10 Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he goeth: Job 23:8, Job 23:9, Job 35:14, Psalms 77:19, 1 Timothy 6:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:16 - and I

Cross-References

Genesis 9:21
And drinking of the wine was made drunk, and was uncovered in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Which when Cham the father of Chanaan had seen, to wit, that his father’s nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without.
Genesis 9:23
But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Isaiah 54:9
This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
2 Peter 3:7
But the heavens and the earth which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of the ungodly men.
2 Peter 3:11
Seeing then that all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of people ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not,.... This is expressive of the invisibility of God; for though the angels in heaven always behold his face, and men, in the works of creation, may see his eternal power and Godhead, and other perfections of it displayed therein; and saints by faith have a comfortable and delightful view of him, of his countenance, his love, grace and mercy in his word and ordinances, and especially in the face and person of Christ, the image of the invisible God, and will in heaven most clearly see him as he is, in the greater display of his glory and his grace; yet his essence is invisible, not only not to be seen with corporeal eyes, but not to be comprehended in the mind:

he passeth on also, but I perceive him not; this "going [and] passing on", as, ascribed to God, must be understood in consistence with his omnipresence; he cannot be thought to move from place to place who is everywhere, who fills heaven and earth with his presence, and there is no going from it: local motion cannot be said of him; but this respects the operations of his providence; he is continually working all around us, by supporting us in being, and supplying us with what we want, and so is near us, and yet we see him not: Job experienced the bounties of his providence, as well as the blessings of his grace, in the time of his prosperity, and now he felt the weight of his afflicting hand upon him; but yet, as to his essence, he could not see him; he was sensible that he was nigh him, and find a concern in all that befell him, but he could neither see nor comprehend him, nor account for his dealings with him: he had "passed by" him in his state of nature, and had looked graciously on him, and had said unto him, Live; he had "passed on" from him, and hid his face so that he could not see him, nor find him backward nor forward, on the right hand, nor on the left, where he used to work, see Job 23:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lo, he goeth by me - That is, he passes along - as in the silent movements of the heavenly bodies. “I see the evidence of his existence. I can see that God must be there - moving along by me in the orbs of night and in the march of the constellations, but I cannot see God himself. He passes by, or rather he passes over me (עלי ‛ālay), as in the majestic movement of the heavenly bodies over my head.” This is, I think, the idea, and the image is exceedingly poetic and beautiful. The heavens are seen to move in silent grandeur. The northern constellation rolls around the pole. The others move on as a marshalled army. They go in silent and solemn order, and God must be there. But, says Job, I cannot see him. I can feel that he must be there, and I look out on the heavens to see him, but my eyes fail, and I cannot behold him. He passes on, and I see him not. Who has ever looked upon the heavens in the still night, and seen the silent grandeur of such movements of the heavenly host, without some such feeling - some emotion of inexpressible awe - as if he, if I may so express it, COULD ALMOST SEE GOD?

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 9:11. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not — He is incomprehensible in all his ways, and in all his works; and he must be so it he be GOD, and work as GOD; for his own nature and his operations are past finding out.


 
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