Job 23:8

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

Job 23:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
ESV
8 "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;
NLT
8 I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.
MSG
8 "I travel East looking for him - I find no one; then West, but not a trace;
CSB
8 If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.

Job 23:8 In-Context

6 Would he vigorously oppose me? No, he would not press charges against me.
7 There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
9 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.
10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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