Job 9:11
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If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.

he goeth

Job 23:8,9 But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him. . . .

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

Psalm 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.

1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality and inhabiteth light inaccessible: whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and empire everlasting. Amen.

Context
Job: How Can I Argue with God?
10Who doth things great and incomprehensible, and wonderful, of which there is no number. 11If he come to me, I shall not see him: if he depart, I shall not understand.12If he examine on a sudden, who shall answer him? or who can say: Why dost thou so?…
Cross References
Job 23:8
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.

Job 23:9
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.

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

Lexicon
Were He
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

to pass
יַעֲבֹ֣ר (ya·‘ă·ḇōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

by me,
עָ֭לַי (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

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

see Him;
אֶרְאֶ֑ה (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

were He to move,
וְ֝יַחֲלֹ֗ף (wə·ya·ḥă·lōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change

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

recognize Him.
אָבִ֥ין (’ā·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 995: To separate mentally, understand


Additional Translations
Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.See, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

If ever he should go beyond me, I shall not see him: if he should pass by me, neither thus have I known it.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see [him] not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Behold, he goes by me, and I don't see him. He passes on also, but I don't perceive him.

Lo, He goeth over by me, and I see not, And He passeth on, and I attend not to it.
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