Job 9:11 BSB — MannaFest

Job 9:11

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book IX (604)

Lo, if He come to me, I see Him not: if He passeth on, I perceive him not. For the human race being shut out from the interior joys, in due of sin, lost the eyes of the mind; and whither it is going with the steps of its deserts, it cannot tell. Thus, often that is the gift of grace which it takes to be wrath, and often that is the wrath of God's severity, which it supposes to be grace.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

I see him not: he passeth on--The image is that of a howling wind (Isa 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).

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֵ֤ן	hen	there!	H2005 →
יַעֲבֹ֣ר	ya.'a.Vor	he will pass by	H5674 →
עָ֭לַי	'A.lai	at me	H5921 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אֶרְאֶ֑ה	'er.'Eh	I will see [him]	H7200 →
וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף	ve.ya.cha.Lof	and he may pass on	H2498 →
וְֽלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and not	H3808 →
אָבִ֥ין	'a.Vin	I will perceive	H995 →
לֽוֹ׃	lo	<to> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 6:16
He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
leads to
- 1 Timothy 1:17
  Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
- John 1:18
  No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- 1 John 1:5
  And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
- Colossians 1:15
  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Psalms 90:2
  Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
Through
Psalms 77:19
Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, but Your footprints were not to be found.
leads to
- Exodus 14:28
  The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- Nehemiah 9:11
  You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
- Habakkuk 3:15
  You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

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Walks through Job 9

Mazzaroth

Twelve constellation groupings; one biblical word (Job 38:32). Bullinger and Seiss read them as a gospel-arc; modern critics trace their figures to Albumazar, not Adam. The objections below are presented at full strength, and the founder's own slot on the page is his to fill.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Job