 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when...  The Evidences of the Christian Religion - Page 91by Joseph Addison - 1753 - 330 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Evans - 1825 - 568 pages
...throne ;" this is a hard but a glorious display of patience. Job could say this, Job xxiii. 8 — 11. " Behold, I go forward but he is not there ; and backward...I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. But... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pages
...affliction. But here, also, we have no reason to complain. Job experienced the same. Behold, says he, / go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but...I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand where he doth work, but / cannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him, David... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 436 pages
...understand the cause : but, while ' I would fill my mouth with arguments' upon it, yet, says he, ' behold ! I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left-hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the righthand, that I... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pages
...in secret duties, or in communion of saints. God's children complain with Job, chap, xxiii. 8, 9, " Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive him," &c. He looks east, west, north, and south, but in vain ; this is strange, that God who is every where... | |
 | William Haslett - 1825 - 224 pages
...placed in circumstances in which his prospects darken every hour. — He is now ready to say with Job, "I go forward but he is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him — 0 that I knew where I might find him, that I might come, even to his seat." In this situation how... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pages
...excellence. He says, " O that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come near unto his seat ! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot find him. On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him." Job saw the natural perfections... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - 1826 - 572 pages
...Job's extreme depression. O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward,...I cannot perceive him : on the left hand where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. David... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 650 pages
...cannot perceive it. When he hideth his face, who then can behold him ? As Job speaks, so may we, ' Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward,...I cannot perceive him; on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him ; he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him ;'... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...me. 7 There the righteous might dispute with him ; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : 9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right... | |
 | 1847 - 798 pages
...Job had darkness in his path (Job xix. 8) ; he said (xxiii. 8 — 10) " Behold, I go forward, but be is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him ; on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right-hand, that I cannot see him. But... | |
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