Job 23:8
Modern Translations
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 Living Translation
I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.

English Standard Version
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

Berean Study Bible
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

NASB 1995
"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

NASB 1977
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

Amplified Bible
“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there; I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;

Christian Standard Bible
If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

Contemporary English Version
I cannot find God anywhere--in front or back of me,

Good News Translation
I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him.

International Standard Version
"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.

NET Bible
"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

New King James Version
“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

King James 2000 Bible
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

New Heart English Bible
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

World English Bible
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;

American King James Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

American Standard Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;

A Faithful Version
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;

Darby Bible Translation
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

English Revised Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For though I go before, I fynde him not: yf I come behynde, I ca get no knowlege of him:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, I go forward—and He is not, "" And backward—and I do not perceive Him.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

Smith's Literal Translation
Behold, I shall go before, and he is not; and behind, I shall not understand for him.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
If I go to the east, he does not appear; if I go to the west, I will not understand him.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
If he goes before me I do not know, or from behind him I do not perceive him

Lamsa Bible
Behold, if he goes before me, I know not; or behind, I cannot perceive him.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For if I shall go first, and exist no longer, still what do I know concerning the latter end?
















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