Job 23:17

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

For I have not been cut off before darkness, || And before me He covered thick darkness.”

YLT

For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

DBY

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

DRC

For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.

GNV

For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.

JPS

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

LXXE

For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψε γνόφος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Isaiah 57:1The 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.
• 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…
• Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
• Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
• Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
• Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
• Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

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