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

9Who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the constellations of the south. 10It is He who does great things, the unfathomable, And wondrous works without number. If He were to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him. 12If He were to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’ 13“God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him the helpers of Rahab cower.

Job 9:11 word by word

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

• Ifהֵןhên · look!H2005
• He were to passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• I would not seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Were He to moveחָלַףchâlaph · to passH2498
• I would not perceiveבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995

Cross-references for Job 9:11

• Job 23:8“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
• Job 35:14How much less when you say you do not look at Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!
• Psalms 77:19Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints were not known.
• 1 Timothy 6:16who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

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