Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

If He passes by me, I wouldn’t see Him;
if He goes right by, I wouldn’t recognize Him.

International Standard Version

"If he were to pass near me, I wouldn't notice; if he moves by, I wouldn't perceive him.

A Conservative Version

Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;
He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.

Bible in Basic English

See, he goes past me and I see him not: he goes on before, but I have no knowledge of him.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, he will pass by me, and I shall not see: and he will glide on and I shall not understand for him.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"{If} he passes by me, {I would not see him}; and [if] he should move on, {I would not recognize him}.

Modern King James verseion

Behold! He goes by me, and I do not see Him; He passes on also, but I do not perceive Him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.

NET Bible

If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He passes on also, but I do not perceive him.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Lo, he goeth
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

by me, and I see
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

him not he passeth on
חלף 
Chalaph 
Usage: 28

also, but I perceive
בּין 
Biyn 
Usage: 169

Context Readings

Job's Third Speech: A Response To Bildad

10 Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.
11 “Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.
12 “Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’


Cross References

Job 23:8-9

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

Job 35:14

“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

Psalm 77:19

Your way was in the sea
And Your paths in the mighty waters,
And Your footprints may not be known.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

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