# Job 23.10

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**Book:** [Job](/codex/job/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; 9. On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
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> **10. But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.**
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> 11. My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12. I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:8-12, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 8. “If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can’t find him; 9. He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
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> **10. But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come out like gold.**
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> 11. My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside. 12. I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:8-12, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 8. Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9. 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:
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> **10. But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. <sup>that: Heb. that is with me</sup>**
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> 11. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. 12. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. <sup>esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up</sup> <sup>my: or, my appointed portion</sup> (Job 23:8-12, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 8. Lo, forward I go, and He is not, And backward, and I perceive him not. 9. [To] the left in His working, and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
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> **10. For He hath known the way with me, He hath tried me, as gold I go forth.**
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> 11. On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside, 12. The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth. (Job 23:8-12, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- [H3045 - yada](/codex/h3045-yada/), *yada*, Strong's H3045

## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.