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Would he contend with me in the greatness of his strength?
No, but he himself[a] would give heed to me.
There an upright person could reason with him,
and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
“When I go forward, he is not there,[b]
or[c] backward, I cannot see him.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 23:6 Emphatic personal pronoun
  2. Job 23:8 Literally “and there is not he,” or “and he is not”
  3. Job 23:8 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 23:8 Hebrew “and I cannot see him”

Would he vigorously oppose me?(A)
    No, he would not press charges against me.(B)
There the upright(C) can establish their innocence before him,(D)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(E)

“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
    if I go to the west, I do not find him.

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Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

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

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