Hiob 23:11

11 Denn ich setze meinen Fuß auf seine Bahn und halte seinen Weg und weiche nicht ab

Hiob 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 ) .

Hiob 23:11 In-Context

9 ist er zur Linken, so schaue ich ihn nicht; verbirgt er sich zur Rechten, so sehe ich ihn nicht.

10 Er aber kennt meinen Weg wohl. Er versuche mich, so will ich erfunden werden wie das Gold.

11 Denn ich setze meinen Fuß auf seine Bahn und halte seinen Weg und weiche nicht ab

12 und trete nicht von dem Gebot seiner Lippen und bewahre die Rede seines Mundes mehr denn mein eigen Gesetz.

13 Doch er ist einig; wer will ihm wehren? Und er macht's wie er will.