When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him;
When God is at work in the north Job cannot behold him, and when he turns south Job cannot see him.
This verse extends divine hiddenness across every direction.
1Then Job answered: 2“Even today my complaint is bitter. 3If only I knew where to find Him, 4I would plead my case before Him 5I would learn how He would answer, 6Would He contend with me in His great power? 7Then an upright man could reason with Him, 8If I go east, He is not there, 9When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; 10Yet He knows the way I have taken; 11My feet have followed in His tracks; 12I have not departed from the command of His lips; 13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? 14For He carries out His decree against me, 15Therefore I am terrified in His presence; 16God has made my heart faint; 17Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,