Job 23:10
Good News Translation
Yet God knows every step I take; if he tests me, he will find me pure.

New Revised Standard Version
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come out like gold.

Contemporary English Version
But he knows what I am doing, and when he tests me, I will be pure as gold. *

New American Bible
Yet he knows my way; if he tested me, I should come forth like gold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:

he knoweth

Genesis 18:19 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.

2 Kings 20:3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is pleasing before thee. And Ezechias wept with much weeping.

Psalm 1:6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the just: and the way of the wicked shall perish.

Psalm 139:1-3 Unto the end, a psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: . . .

John 21:17 He said to him the third time: Simon, son of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he had said to him the third time: Lovest thou me? And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I love thee. He said to him: Feed my sheep.

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.

the way that I take.

Job 1:11,12 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face. . . .

Job 2:5,6 But put forth thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and then thou shalt see that he will bless thee to thy face. . . .

Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.

Psalm 17:3 Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 66:10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Proverbs 17:3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.

Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Malachi 3:2,3 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: . . .

Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

James 1:2-4,12 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations: . . .

1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

I shall

Job 42:5-8 With the hearing of the ear, I have heard thee, but now my eye seeth thee. . . .

Context
Job Longs for God
9If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him. 10But he knoweth my way, and has tried me as gold that passeth through the fire:11My foot hath followed his steps, I have kept his way, and have not declined from it.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 3:15
If any mans work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith (much more precious than gold which is tried by the fire) may be found unto praise and glory and honour at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

Job 6:29
Answer, I beseech you, without contention: and speaking that which is just, judge ye.

Job 7:18
Thou visitest him early in the morning, and thou provest him suddenly.

Job 23:7
Let him propose equity against me, and let my judgment come to victory.

Job 23:9
If to the left hand, what shall I do? I shall not take hold on him: if I turn myself to the right hand, I shall not see him.

Job 31:6
Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Psalm 7:9
The wickedness of sinners shall be brought to nought; and thou shalt direct the just: the searcher of hearts and reins is God. Just

Psalm 11:5
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes look on the poor man: his eyelids examine the sons of men.

Psalm 17:3
Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.

Psalm 66:10
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us by fire, as silver is tried.

Zechariah 13:9
And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined: and I will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say: Thou art my people: and they shall say: The Lord is my God.

Job 23:9
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