But he knows the pathway that I take; ¹  if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. ² 

biblegateway Job 23:10

"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

I can’t find him because he knows the road I take. When he tests me, I’ll come out as pure as gold.

biblegateway Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

bibleoremus Job 23:10

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

Yet he knows me in action and at rest; when he tests me, I shall emerge like gold.

biblegateway Job 23:10

But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

But he knoweth the way that I take: [when] he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

biblegateway Job 23:10

But he knows the pathway that I take; ¹  if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. ² 

¹ tn The expression דֶּרֶךְ עִמָּדִי (derekh ’immadi) means “the way with me,” i.e., “the way that I take.” The Syriac has “my way and my standing.” Several commentators prefer “the way of my standing,” meaning where to look for me. J. Reider offers “the way of my life” (“Some notes to the text of the scriptures,” HUCA 3 [1926]: 115). Whatever the precise wording, Job knows that God can always find him.

² tn There is a perfect verb followed by an imperfect in this clause with the protasis and apodosis relationship (see GKC 493 §159.b).