Job 28:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 28:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 28:23 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 28:23 — KJV
“God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.”
— Job 28:23 (KJV)
Job 28:23 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 28:23
“And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: his feathers: or, the filth thereof”
Shares key themes with Job 28:23: way, thereof, place
“And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:23: god, way, place
“And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:23: god, way, place
“And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:”
Shares key themes with Job 28:23: god, way, place
“I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.”
Shares key themes with Job 28:23: god, way, thereof
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