Job 23:11

11 I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from it.

Job 23:11 Meaning and Commentary

Job 23:11

My foot hath held his steps
Trod in the steps he has walked in; he followed God closely, imitated him in acts of holiness and righteousness, of mercy, kindness, and beneficence; and he continued therein; as he set his foot in the steps of God, which were to him for an example, he persisted therein; as he followed on to know him, so to imitate him, and walk worthy of him:

his way have I kept;
the way he prescribed him, and directed him to walk in, the way of his commandments, which he observed constantly, and kept; though not perfectly, yet with great delight and pleasure, and so as not to be chargeable with any gross neglect of them, but in some sense to walk in all of them blameless, as not to be culpable before men:

and not declined:
from the way of God, did not turn aside from it to the right or left, or go into crooked paths with wicked men, or wickedly depart from his God, his ways and worship, as David says, ( Psalms 18:21 ) .

Job 23:11 In-Context

9 If I go northward, where he is at work, I can't observe him. If I turn southward, I can't see him.
10 [I can't find him] because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I'll come out as pure as gold.
11 I have followed his footsteps closely. I have stayed on his path and did not turn from it.
12 I have not left his commands behind. I have treasured his words in my heart.
13 "But God is one of a kind. Who can make him change his mind? He does whatever he wants!
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