Job 9:11

Job 9:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
• New International Version (NIV)When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;

Context of Job 9:11

9He put the groups of stars in their places. He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades. He put the groups of stars in the southern sky. 10He does great things that we cannot understand. He does more wonderful things than we can count. When God passes in front of me, I do not see him. If he moves further away, I do not see where he has gone. 12If God decides to take something, nobody can stop him. Nobody can ask him, “What are you doing?” 13If God is angry, he will not stop. He destroys Rahab and the other monsters of the sea.

Job 9:11 word by word

הֵ֤ן יַעֲבֹ֣ר עָ֭לַי וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶ֑ה וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lo, he goethעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• by me, and I seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• not: he passeth onחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• also, but I perceiveבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995

Cross-references for Job 9:11

• Job 23:8I look for God in the east, but he is not there. I do not find him in the west either.
• Job 35:14So God will certainly not listen to you, Job, when you say that you cannot see him. You say that you have explained your problem to him. You are waiting for him to give you an answer.
• Psalms 77:19You went through the sea. Your path went through the deep water, but nobody saw where your feet had gone.
• 1 Timothy 6:16God alone lives for ever. He lives in very bright light that nobody can come near. Nobody has ever seen God. Nobody is able to see him. So we praise him! He will rule for ever with great authority! Amen! This is true.

Commentaries on Job 9:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Lo, 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Lo, 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-35Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case. It includes: A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32). The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20). A "mediator" (9:33–34). A question of accusation (9:12). A legal sentence (9:22). A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I see him not: he passeth on--The image is that of a howling wind (Is 21:1). Like it when it bursts invisibly upon man, so God is felt in the awful effects of His wrath, but is not seen (Joh 3:8). Therefore, reasons Job, it is impossible to contend with Him.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Job 9

• 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