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.

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • 2 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.

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  • Job 18:6

    The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

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  • Job 22:11

    it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.

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  • Job 6:9

    that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!

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  • Job 15:22

    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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  • Job 18:18

    He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

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