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Look,הֵןI goאֶהֱלֹךְeast,קֶדֶםand he is not there;וְאֵינֶנּוּand west,וְאָחוֹרand I do notוְלֹאperceive him;אָבִין לוֹ
Job 23:8
Study it in the app“Look, I go east, and he is not there; and west, and I do not perceive him;”
Job seeks God and cannot find him, yet trusts that he knows his waySuffering and Trials
With the Hebrew beneath
Job 23:8, word by word
- I goאֶהֱלֹךְeheloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “eheloch” appears- eastקֶדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears- and westאָחוֹרachor
west
The side behind someone who faces east, where the sun sets.
Where else “achor” appears- perceive himאָבִיןavin
understand
To understand, realize.
Where else “avin” appears
The context
7There an upright man could argue with him, and I would go free forever from my judge.
8 · This verse (above)
9north, when he works, and I do not catch sight of him; he hides himself in the south, and I do not see him.