Job 23:11

Job 23:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
• New International Version (NIV)My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

Context of Job 23:11

9When he does his work in the north, I do not see him. When he moves to the south, I still cannot find him anywhere. 10But he knows the way that I live. When he has finished testing me, he will see that I am pure. I will be as pure as gold. I have always lived in the way that God showed me. I have obeyed him faithfully. I have not turned away from his teaching. 12I have been careful to obey his commands. His words are more important to me than my food. 13But he is always true to himself. Nobody can change him. Whatever he wants to do, he does.

Job 23:11 word by word

בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My footרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• hath heldאָחַז'âchaz · to graspH270
• his stepsאֲשׁוּר'âshûr 'ashshûr · stepH838
• his wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• have I keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• and not declinedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186

Cross-references for Job 23:11

• 1 Samuel 12:2Listen! You now have a king to be your leader, instead of me. I am old and my hair is grey. My sons are here with you. I have been your leader from the time when I was young until now.
• Psalms 18:20The Lord was kind to me because I do things that please him. He blesses me because I am not guilty of bad things.
• Psalms 44:18We have continued to serve you and obey your commands.
• Acts 20:18When they arrived, Paul said to them, ‘You yourselves know about everything that I did here in Asia. You saw how I lived from the first day that I arrived in this region. I was with you for the whole time.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12We can be proud of how we have lived in this world. We have been careful to be honest and good with everyone. And we have been like that with you even more. We are sure in our own minds that this is true. We have not tried to be clever in a human way. But we have lived in the way that God has helped us to live.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You know that we lived in a good way when we were with you. God also knows that. We were completely honest with you believers. Nobody could say that we did anything wrong.
• Job 17:9Righteous people continue to do things that are right. People who do good things become stronger.
• Psalms 36:3He speaks wicked things to deceive people. He does nothing that is wise or good.
• Psalms 125:5But as for people who follow their own bad ways, Lord, please remove them! Take them away, along with people who do evil things. May Israel have peace!
• Zephaniah 1:6‘I will remove those who have turned away from the Lord. I will also remove those who decide things without the Lord.
• Luke 8:13Some seeds fell on ground with rocks in it. This is like people who hear the message from God and they are very happy for a time. But they are like plants that have not grown down well into the soil. They believe in God for a short time. But when they have problems, they stop believing.
• Romans 2:7Some people continue patiently to do good things. They want to do what is right so that God will praise them. They want to live the kind of life which death will not spoil. God will cause people like that to live with him always.
• 2 Peter 2:20People like that learned about our Lord Jesus Christ, who saves us. As a result, they had stopped doing the bad things that belong to this world. They had become free from the power of those things. But now they have started to do those bad things again. Those things have power over them and they cannot stop doing them. So now, these false teachers are worse than they were at the beginning, before they believed in the Lord Jesus.

Commentaries on Job 23:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept - I have carefully marked his providential dealings; and in his way - his pure and undefiled religion - have I walked. I have not only been generally but particularly religious: I have attended carefully to the weightier matters of the law, and have not forgotten its slightest injunctions. Coverdale is curious: - Nevertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete have I holden, and not gone out of it. The…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11My foot hath held his steps - Roberts, in his Oriental Illustrations, and the Editor of the Pictorial Bible, suppose that there is an allusion here to the active, grasping power which the Orientals have in their feet and toes. By constant usage they accustom themselves to make use of them in holding things in a manner which to us seems almost incredible, and they make the toes perform almost the work of fingers. We bind ours fast from early childhood in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-12Verses 8-12 Job knew that the Lord was every where present; but his mind was in such confusion, that he could get no fixed view of God's merciful presence, so as to find comfort by spreading his case before him. His views were all gloomy. God seemed to stand at a distance, and frown upon him. Yet Job expressed his assurance that he should be brought forth, tried, and approved, for he had obeyed the precepts of God. He had relished and delighted in the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. held--fast by His steps. The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread (Psa 17:5). declined--(Psa 125:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 23:11

• Decision

In the dictionaries

• Bitter
• Complaint
• Affliction
• Decline
• Foot
• Way

Commentaries on Job 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings