New American Standard Bible 2020
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 acts on the left, I cannot see Him; He turns to the right, but I cannot see Him. 10But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold. My foot has held on to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. 12I have not failed the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. 13But He is unique, and who can make Him turn? Whatever His soul desires, He does it.
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בַּ֭אֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָ֣ה רַגְלִ֑י דַּרְכּ֖וֹ שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי וְלֹא־אָֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 23:11
- 1 Samuel 12:2Now, here is the king walking before you, but as for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. And I have walked before you since my youth to this day.
- Psalms 18:20The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
- Psalms 44:18Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
- Acts 20:18And when they came to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,
- 2 Corinthians 1:12For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly and rightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers;
- Job 17:9Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And the one who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
- Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
- Psalms 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The Lord will lead them away with those who practice injustice. Peace be upon Israel.
- Zephaniah 1:6And those who have turned back from following the Lord, And those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired of Him.”
- Luke 8:13Those on the rocky soil are the ones who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and yet these do not have a firm root; they believe for a while, and in a time of temptation they fall away.
- Romans 2:7to those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life;
- 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
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
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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
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