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But if I go east, he is not there;[a]
    or west, I cannot perceive him;
The north enfolds him, and I cannot catch sight of him;
    The south hides him, and I cannot see him.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:8 Job’s confident desire to confront God (vv. 2–7, contrary to his fears in 9:14–20 and 13:21–27) gives way to his dark night: God’s absence (vv. 8–9), which also terrifies (vv. 13–17).

23 Am I a God near at hand only—oracle of the Lord(A)
    and not a God far off?[a]
24 Can anyone hide in secret
    without my seeing them?—oracle of the Lord.
Do I not fill
    heaven and earth?—oracle of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:23–24 Near at hand only…far off: a divine claim that no one can hide from God and that God is aware of all that happens.