Job 9:11

Job: How Can I Contend with God? · Job 9:1–35
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Translations

Modern
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
Traditional
Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Literal
Behold, He passes by over me, and I do not see Him; and He moves past, and I do not perceive Him.
Latin
Si venerit ad me, non videbo eum; si abierit, non intelligam.

Original

Hebrew
English
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.

Notes

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

  1. A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).

  2. The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).

  3. A "mediator" (9:33–34).

  4. A question of accusation (9:12).

  5. A legal sentence (9:22).

  6. A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).

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Topics

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