Other translations
American Standard Version
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
Darby Bible Translation
Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
But if I go to the east, he appeareth not; if to the west, I shall not understand him.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;
God's Word
However, if I go east, he isn't there. If I go west, I can't find him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
International Standard Version
"Look! If I go east, he isn't there! If I go to the west, I don't perceive him.
NET Bible
"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
New International Version
"But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
New Living Translation
I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
The World English Bible
"If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
EasyEnglish Bible
I look for God in the east, but he is not there. I do not find him in the west either.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.
New Life Version
“See, I go east, but He is not there. I go west, but I cannot see Him.
The Voice Bible
Alas, wherever I go, ahead or behind, He is not there; I am unable to find Him.
Living Bible
“But I search in vain. I seek him here, I seek him there and cannot find him.
New Catholic Bible
“But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I cannot behold him.
Legacy Standard Bible
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot discern Him;
Jubilee Bible 2000
Behold, I shall go to the east and not find him; and to the west, but I cannot perceive him;
Christian Standard Bible
If I go east, he is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him;
New Century Version
“If I go to the east, God is not there; if I go to the west, I do not see him.
The Message
“I travel East looking for him—I find no one; then West, but not a trace; I go North, but he’s hidden his tracks; then South, but not even a glimpse.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
But if I walk to the east, he is not there. If I go back to the west, I find no sign of him.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
“If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
Good News Translation®
I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.
Wycliffe Bible
If I go to the east, God appeareth not there; if I go to the west, I shall not understand him;
Contemporary English Version
I cannot find God anywhere— in front or back of me,
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
“If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
‘If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
Common English Bible © 2011
Look, I go east; he’s not there, west, and don’t discover him;
Amplified Bible © 2015
“Behold, I go forward (to the east), but He is not there; I go backward (to the west), but I cannot perceive Him;
English Standard Version Anglicised
“Behold, I go forwards, but he is not there, and backwards, but I do not perceive him;
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
But if I go east, he is not there; or west, I cannot perceive him;
New American Standard Bible
“Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
The Expanded Bible
“If I go to the east, God is not there; if I go to the west, I do not ·see [perceive] him.
Tree of Life Version
But, if I go to the east, He is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find Him.
Revised Standard Version
“Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
New International Reader's Version
“But if I go to the east, God isn’t there. If I go to the west, I don’t find him.
BRG Bible
Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
Complete Jewish Bible
“If I head east, he isn’t there; if I head west, I don’t detect him,
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
‘If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Hen (behold), I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;
Names of God Bible
However, if I go east, he isn’t there. If I go west, I can’t find him.
Modern English Version
“Look, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
Easy-to-Read Version
“If I go to the east, God is not there. If I go to the west, I still don’t see him.
International Children’s Bible
“If I go to the east, God is not there. And if I go to the west, I do not see him there.
Lexham English Bible
“When I go forward, he is not there, or backward, I cannot see him.
New International Version - UK
‘But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.