Job 23:17
For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
In Context
16God hath softened my heart, and the Almighty hath troubled me.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20Therefore I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy sepulchre in peace, that thy eyes may not see all the evils which I will bring; upon this place.
Job 15:22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
Job 18:18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
Job 22:11And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
Matthew Henry on Job 23:14-17
Job's Comfort in His Integrity. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. 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: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. Some make Job to complain here that… Read the whole commentary →