11Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: …
Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
Who 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.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)Bildad began with a rebuke to Job for talking so much, Job 8:2. Job makes no answer to that, though it would have been easy enough to retort it upon himself; but in what he next lays down as his principle, that God never perverts judgment, Job agrees with him: I know it is so of a truth , Job 9:2. Note, We should be ready to own how far we agree with those with whom we dispute, and should not slig…
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