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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For I have stayed on God’s paths; I have followed his ways and not turned aside.

Context of Job 23:11

9When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him. 10But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet have closely followed his steps; I have kept to his way without turning aside. 12I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread. 13“But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases.

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 12:2Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day.
• Psalms 18:20The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
• Psalms 44:18Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
• Acts 20:18When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.
• 2 Corinthians 1:12Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:10You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous and blameless we were among you who believed.
• Job 17:9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
• Psalms 36:3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
• Zephaniah 1:6those who turn back from following the Lord and neither seek the Lord nor inquire of him.”
• Luke 8:13Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.
• Romans 2:7To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life.
• 2 Peter 2:20If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

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