Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 9:11

"Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: He passeth on also, but I perceive him not." — Job 9:11 (ASV)

He passes on also. —This, again, is an expression Eliphaz had used in Job 4:15. Here, in words of great sublimity, Job depicts the unapproachable majesty of God omnipotent, but invisible, and shows the utter hopelessness of entering into judgment with Him. Unfortunately, though this is a proposition to which all must assent, yet it is exceptionally repudiated or very frequently contravened in practice. Men still seek ways to justify themselves before God, and will do so until the end of time; but it is in teaching such as this that the Book of Job has laid the foundation of the Gospel by preparing for its acceptance by overthrowing man’s natural and habitual standing-ground in himself.