Job 23:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, forward I go—and He is not, And backward—and I perceive him not.

King James Bible
Behold, I go forward, but he [is] not [there]; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

Hebrew
If
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I go
אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ (’e·hĕ·lōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

east,
קֶ֣דֶם (qe·ḏem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time

He is not there,
וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ (wə·’ê·nen·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

and if I go west,
וְ֝אָח֗וֹר (wə·’ā·ḥō·wr)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 268: The hinder part, behind, backward, the West

I cannot
וְֽלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

find
אָבִ֥ין (’ā·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand

Him.
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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