Job 23:9 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
[To] the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered [on] the right, and I behold not.
English ASV
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.
English Amplified
On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him; when he turns south, I cannot find him.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold [him] not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see [him] not.
English EASY 2024
When he does his work in the north, I do not see him. When he moves to the south, I still cannot find him anywhere.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
When he is working in the north, I don't see him. When he turns to the south, I still don't see him.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him; he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
God has been at work in the North and the South, but still I have not seen him.
English God's Word - GW 1995
If I go northward, where he is at work, I can't observe him. If I turn southward, I can't see him.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
English KJV 1611
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:
English LSB
When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
when He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
Where the north enfolds him, I behold him not; by the south he is veiled, and I see him not.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
When he's working in the north, I don't see him there. When he turns to the south, I don't see him there either.
English NIV
When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
English NKJ 1982
When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him; When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
English NLT
I do not see him in the north, for he is hidden. I turn to the south, but I cannot find him.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him; I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
I seek him in his workshop in the North but cannot find him there; nor can I find him in the South; there, too, he hides himself.
English Tyndale 1537
If I go on the left side to ponder his works, I can not attain unto them. Again, if I go on the right side, he hideth himself, that I can not see him.