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Job 23:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— My foot hath held fast to his steps; his way have I kept, and turned not aside.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— My foot hath held his steps, his way haue I kept, and not declined.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— My feet have held firm to his steps, and I have kept his ways.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
My foot 7272
{7272} Prime
רֶגֶל
regel
{reh'-gel}
From H7270; a foot (as used in walking); by implication a step; by euphemism the pudenda.
hath held 270
{0270} Prime
אָחַז
'achaz
{aw-khaz'}
A primitive root; to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
his steps, 838
{0838} Prime
אָשֻׁר
'ashur
{aw-shoor'}
From H0833 in the sense of going; a step.
his way 1870
{1870} Prime
דֶּרֶךְ
derek
{deh'-rek}
From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of action, often adverbially.
have I kept, 8104
{8104} Prime
שָׁמַר
shamar
{shaw-mar'}
A primitive root; properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
and not x3808
(3808) Complement
לֹא
lo'
{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
declined. 5186
{5186} Prime
נָטָה
natah
{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 23:11

_ _ held — fast by His steps. The law is in Old Testament poetry regarded as a way, God going before us as our guide, in whose footsteps we must tread (Psalms 17:5).

_ _ declined — (Psalms 125:5).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 23:8-12.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 23:11

Steps — The steps or paths which God hath appointed men to walk in.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
My foot:

1 Samuel 12:2-5 And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons [are] with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. ... And he said unto them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and his anointed [is] witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, [He is] witness.
Psalms 18:20-24 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. ... Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms 44:18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Acts 20:18-19 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, ... Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Acts 20:33-34 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. ... Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1 Thessalonians 2:10 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

his way:

Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Psalms 36:3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
Psalms 125:5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.
Zephaniah 1:6 And them that are turned back from the LORD; and [those] that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Luke 8:13-15 They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. ... But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring forth fruit with patience.
Romans 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
2 Peter 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. ... But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1S 12:2. Jb 17:9. Ps 18:20; 36:3; 44:18; 125:5. Zp 1:6. Lk 8:13. Ac 20:18, 33. Ro 2:7. 2Co 1:12. 1Th 2:10. 2P 2:20.

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