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Scripture Index
Ellen White & Bible Cross-Reference
Job 23:3
"Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!"
"“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat!... Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive Him: On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him: He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him. But He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Ed 156.2"
EGW directly quotes Job 23:3, making it an explicit allusion.
Job 23:8
"Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:"
"“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat!... Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive Him: On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him: He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him. But He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Ed 156.2"
EGW directly quotes Job 23:8, making it an explicit allusion.
Job 23:10
"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold."
"“Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come even to His seat!... Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive Him: On the left hand, where He doth work, but I cannot behold Him: He hideth Himself on the right hand, that I cannot see Him. But He knoweth the way that I take; When He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.” Ed 156.2"
EGW directly quotes Job 23:10 and the surrounding verses.
"According to his faith, so was it unto Job. “When He hath tried me,” he said, “I shall come forth as gold.” Job 23:10 . So it came to pass. By his patient endurance he vindicated his own character, and thus the character of Him whose representative he was. And “the Lord turned the captivity of Job: ... also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.... So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.” Job 42:10-12 . Ed 156.5"
Ellen White directly references Job 23:10 in this passage.
"In the summer of 1853, we made our first journey to the State of Michigan. After publishing our appointments, my husband was prostrated with fever. We united in prayer for him, but though relieved, he still remained very weak. We were in great perplexity. Must we be driven from the work by bodily infirmities? Would Satan be permitted to exercise his power upon us, and contend for our usefulness and lives as long as we should remain in the world? We knew that God could limit the power of Satan. He might suffer us to be tried in the furnace, but would bring us forth purified and better fitted for His work. 1T 91.2"
Both passages deal with being tested and purified through suffering, with the expectation of emerging stronger. EGW's reference to being 'tried in the furnace' directly echoes the sentiment of Job 23:10.