Job 23:17
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from 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 hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:1
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Read in context2 Kings 22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Read in contextJob 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Read in contextJob 22:11
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Read in contextJob 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Read in contextJob 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Read in contextJob 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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