Job 23:11

11 My foot has held on to his steps; I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.

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 {When he works} [on the] left, {I cannot perceive} [him]; he turns to [the] right, but I cannot see [him].
10 But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.
11 My foot has held on to his steps; I have kept his way, and I have not turned aside.
12 [From] the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.
13 "But he [is] {alone}, and who can dissuade him? And {whatever he desires}, {indeed}, he does [it].
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