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JPS Old Testament
Job 9:11
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If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him;if he went by, I wouldn’t recognize him.
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Behold, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by me, I do not recognize him.
If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.
"Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him; He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.
"If He were to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I see him not: and when he passeth by, I perceiue him not.
Were He to sweep by me, I would not see Him;Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
God walks right past me, without making a sound.
He can go right by me, and I don't see him; he moves past without my being aware of him.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
When he passes by, I cannot see him. He goes right past me, and I don't notice.
Lo, if he will pass by me, I will see him not; and if he will circle around me, I will not perceive him.
God passes by, but I cannot see him.
"If he passes by me, I would not see him; and if he should move on, I would not recognize him.
Behold, He goes by me, and I do not see Him ; and He passes on, but I do not perceive Him.
Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not perceaue it.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
Loe, hee goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceiue him not.
Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym.
If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
If he cometh to me, `that is, bi his grace, Y schal not se hym; if he goith awey, `that is, in withdrawynge his grace, Y schal not vndurstonde.
Look, he goes by me, and I don't see him: He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
If He goes by me, I do not see Him; If He moves past, I do not perceive Him;
"Yet when he comes near, I cannot see him. When he moves by, I do not see him go.
When He passes by me, I do not see Him. When He goes by me, I do not know Him.
Look, he passes by me, and I do not see him; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.
If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.
Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he goeth: Job 23:8, Job 23:9, Job 35:14, Psalms 77:19, 1 Timothy 6:16
Reciprocal: Genesis 28:16 - and I
Cross-References
And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not,.... This is expressive of the invisibility of God; for though the angels in heaven always behold his face, and men, in the works of creation, may see his eternal power and Godhead, and other perfections of it displayed therein; and saints by faith have a comfortable and delightful view of him, of his countenance, his love, grace and mercy in his word and ordinances, and especially in the face and person of Christ, the image of the invisible God, and will in heaven most clearly see him as he is, in the greater display of his glory and his grace; yet his essence is invisible, not only not to be seen with corporeal eyes, but not to be comprehended in the mind:
he passeth on also, but I perceive him not; this "going [and] passing on", as, ascribed to God, must be understood in consistence with his omnipresence; he cannot be thought to move from place to place who is everywhere, who fills heaven and earth with his presence, and there is no going from it: local motion cannot be said of him; but this respects the operations of his providence; he is continually working all around us, by supporting us in being, and supplying us with what we want, and so is near us, and yet we see him not: Job experienced the bounties of his providence, as well as the blessings of his grace, in the time of his prosperity, and now he felt the weight of his afflicting hand upon him; but yet, as to his essence, he could not see him; he was sensible that he was nigh him, and find a concern in all that befell him, but he could neither see nor comprehend him, nor account for his dealings with him: he had "passed by" him in his state of nature, and had looked graciously on him, and had said unto him, Live; he had "passed on" from him, and hid his face so that he could not see him, nor find him backward nor forward, on the right hand, nor on the left, where he used to work, see Job 23:3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Lo, he goeth by me - That is, he passes along - as in the silent movements of the heavenly bodies. âI 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 (×¢×× âaÌlay), as in the majestic movement of the heavenly bodies over my head.â This is, I think, the idea, and the image is exceedingly poetic and beautiful. The heavens are seen to move in silent grandeur. The northern constellation rolls around the pole. The others move on as a marshalled army. They go in silent and solemn order, and God must be there. But, says Job, I cannot see him. I can feel that he must be there, and I look out on the heavens to see him, but my eyes fail, and I cannot behold him. He passes on, and I see him not. Who has ever looked upon the heavens in the still night, and seen the silent grandeur of such movements of the heavenly host, without some such feeling - some emotion of inexpressible awe - as if he, if I may so express it, COULD ALMOST SEE GOD?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 9:11. Lo, 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.
