Job 23:9

23:9 In the north ¹  when he is at work, ² 

I do not see him; ³ 

when he turns ⁴  to the south,

I see no trace of him.

Ecclesiastes 8:6-7

8:6 For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter,

for the oppression ⁵  of the king ⁶  is severe upon his victim. ⁷ 

8:7 Surely no one knows the future, ⁸ 

and no one can tell another person what will happen. ⁹ 

Isaiah 45:15

45:15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden,

O God of Israel, deliverer!

Romans 11:33

11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!

[23:9]  ¹ sn The text has “the left hand,” the Semitic idiom for directions. One faces the rising sun, and so left is north, right is south.

[23:9]  ² tc The form בַּעֲשֹׂתוֹ (ba’asoto) would be the temporal clause using the infinitive construct with a pronoun (subject genitive). This would be “when he works.” Several follow the Syriac with “I seek him.” The LXX has “[when] he turns.” R. Gordis (Job, 261) notes that there is no need to emend the text; he shows a link to the Arabic cognate ghasa, “to cover.” To him this is a perfect parallel to יַעְטֹף (ya’tof, “covers himself”).

[23:9]  ³ tn The verb is the apocopated form of the imperfect. The object is supplied.

[23:9]  ⁴ tn The MT has “he turns,” but the Syriac and Vulgate have “I turn.”

[8:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “evil”; or “misery.”

[8:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the man.”

[8:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “upon him.”

[8:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “what will be.”

[8:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “Who can tell him what will be?”