Verse Comparison: Job 23:8
<< Job 23:7 Job 23:9 >> American Standard Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not `there'; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;Amplified® Bible
Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;Contemporary English Version
I cannot find God anywhere-- in front or back of me,Darby English Version
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;Good News Bible
I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I go forward but He is not {there,} And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;New International Version
"But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.New King James Version
“Look, I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, I go forward but I do not find Him there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;Revised Standard Version
"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;Young's Literal Translation
Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
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