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.

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • 2 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.

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  • Job 18:6

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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  • Job 22:11

    Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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  • Job 15:22

    He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

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  • Job 18:18

    He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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