Job 23:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.

English ASV

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

English Amplified

Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

English EASY 2024

I look for God in the east, but he is not there. I do not find him in the west either.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"If I go to the east, God is not there. If I go to the west, I still don't see him.

"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;

English GNT (Good News Translation)

I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.

English God's Word - GW 1995

However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot discern Him;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

“Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But if I go to the east, he is not there; or to the west, I cannot perceive him;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

"But if I go to the east, God isn't there. If I go to the west, I don't find him.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

English NLT

"I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

"If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“But I search in vain. I seek him here, I seek him there and cannot find him.

English Tyndale 1537

For though I go before, I find him not: If I come behind, I can get no knowledge of him:

Job 23:8 — Compare Translations