Job 23:8
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:
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- Psalms 10:1Rank 2 from verse 8
- 1 Timothy 6:16Rank 3 from verse 8
16Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
16Who onely hath immortalitie, dwelling in the light, which no man can approch vnto, whom no man hath seene, nor can see: to whom be honour and power euerlasting. Amen.
- Isaiah 45:15Rank 5 from verse 8
- Psalms 13:1–3Rank 6 from verse 8
1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
1¶ How long wilt thou forget mee (O LORD) for euer? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soule, hauing sorrow in my heart dayly? how long shall mine enemie be exalted ouer me?
3Consider and heare me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleepe of death.
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Job 23:8
1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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Sense 1: Toward the front or onward. Sense 2: To advance, promote, or send onward.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Toward the back, with the back foremost, or in reverse. Sense 2: Figuratively, into defeat, decline, rebellion, or perverted judgment.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Is unable to; is not able to.
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To become aware of, recognize, discern, or understand a person, thing, fact, or meaning.
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7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.
8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
8Behold, I goe forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceiue him:
Selected passage9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
9On the left hand where hee doeth worke, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himselfe on the right hand, that I cannot see him.