Job 23:9
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If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

he hideth himself

Psalm 89:46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?

Isaiah 8:17 And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Context
Job Longs for God
8But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. 9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:…
Cross References
Job 9:11
If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.

Job 23:8
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

Job 23:10
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Job 35:14
Yea, when thou shalt say: He considereth not: be judged before him, and expect him.

Lexicon
When He is at work
בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ (ba·‘ă·śō·ṯōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

in the north,
שְׂמֹ֣אול (śə·mō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8040: Dark, the north, the left hand

I cannot
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

behold [Him];
אָ֑חַז (’ā·ḥaz)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2372: To gaze at, to perceive, contemplate, to have a, vision of

when He turns
יַעְטֹ֥ף (ya‘·ṭōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5848: To shroud, clothe, to languish

to the south,
יָ֝מִ֗ין (yā·mîn)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3225: The right hand, side, the south

I cannot
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

see [Him].
אֶרְאֶֽה׃ (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see


Additional Translations
When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:

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.

When he wrought on the left hand, then I observed it not: his right hand shall encompass me but I shall not see it.

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.

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.

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:

He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.

To the left in His working -- and I see not, He is covered on the right, and I behold not.
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