Job 9 · Verse 11

Job 9:11

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job 9:11, King James Version

Job 9:11 in other translations

BSBWere He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
WEBBehold, he goes by me, and I don’t see him. He passes on also, but I don’t perceive him.
ASVLo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
YLTLo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
DARBYLo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.
BBESee, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.
WebsterLo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

What does Job 9:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. I see him not: he passeth on--The image is that of a howling wind (Is 21:1). Like it when it bursts invisibly upon man, so God is felt in the awful effects of His wrath, but is not seen (Joh 3:8). Therefore, reasons Job, it is impossible to contend with Him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 9:1-13

In this answer Job declared that he did not doubt the justice of God, when he denied himself to be a hypocrite; for how should man be just with God? Before him he pleaded guilty of sins more than could be counted; and if God should contend with him in judgment, he could not justify one out of a thousand, of all the thoughts, words, and actions of his life; therefore he deserved worse than all his present sufferings…

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Job 9:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֤ןhenthere!H2005
יַעֲבֹ֣רya.'a.Vorhe will pass byH5674
עָ֭לַי'A.laiat meH5921
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֶרְאֶ֑ה'er.'EhI will see [him]H7200
וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ףve.ya.cha.Lofand he may pass onH2498
וְֽלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
אָבִ֥ין'a.VinI will perceiveH995
לֽוֹ\׃lo<to> him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 9:11

  • Job 23:8-9

    Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

  • Job 35:14

    Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.

  • Psalms 77:19

    Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

  • 1 Timothy 6:16

    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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he goeth.
23:8,9; 35:14; Ps 77:19; 1Ti 6:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 9:10

    Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

  • Job 9:11

    Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

  • Job 9:12

    Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

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Job 9:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí que él pasará delante de mí, y yo no lo veré; y pasará, y no lo entenderé.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, il passe près de moi, et je ne le vois pas; et il passe à côté de moi, et je ne l’aperçois pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, er geht an mir vorüber, und ich sehe ihn nicht, und er zieht vorbei, und ich bemerke ihn nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.