[和合本] “只是我往前行，他不在那里；往后退，也不能见他。
[新标点] 只是，我往前行，他不在那里，往后退，也不能见他。
[和合修] “看哪，我往前走，他不在那里；往后退，也没有察觉他。
[新译本] 可是我往前走，他不在那里；我若往后退，我也不能见他。
[当代修] “然而，我去东边，祂不在那里；我到西边，也找不到祂。
[现代修] 可是，我向东找寻，上帝不在那里；我向西找寻，也找不到他。
[吕振中] “阿，我往东行，他不在那里；往西边呢，我也不能见他；
[思高本] 可是我往东行，他不在那里；我往西行，也找不到他；
[文理本] 我行于前、彼不在焉、我退于后、亦不见之、
[GNT] I have searched in the East, but God is not there; I have not found him when I searched in the West.
[BBE] See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;
[KJV] Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:
[NKJV] "Look, I go forward, but He is not [there,] And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
[KJ21] "Behold, I go forward, but He is not there, and backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
[NASB] "Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
[NRSV] "If I go forward, he is not there; or backward, I cannot perceive him;
[WEB] "If I go east, he is not there; if west, I can't find him;
[ESV] "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there, and backward, but I do not perceive him;
[NIV] "But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.
[NIrV] "But if I go to the east, God isn't there. If I go to the west, I don't find him.
[HCSB] If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
[CSB] If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.
[AMP] 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;
[NLT] I go east, but he is not there. I go west, but I cannot find him.
[YLT] Lo, forward I go -- and He is not, And backward -- and I perceive him not.