Job 23:17
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
- KJV
- Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
- WEB
- Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- ASV
- Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- DARBY
- Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
- BLB
- For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and before my face He has covered the dark gloom.
- ÅB
- fordi jeg ikke ble rykket bort før mørket kom, og fordi han ikke skjulte ulykkens natt for meg.
[^1]: d.e. jeg søker dog å dempe min klage.
[^2]: RMR 7, 23.
[^3]: JBS 23, 14. - OTB
- Likevel er jeg ikke tystet av mørket,
heller ikke av det dype mørket som dekker mitt ansikt. - B1930
- fordi jeg ikke blev rykket bort før mørket kom, og fordi han ikke skjulte ulykkens natt for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
Read in context2 Kings 22:20
‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
Read in contextJob 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Read in contextJob 22:11
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Read in contextJob 6:9
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
Read in contextJob 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Read in contextJob 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
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