Job 23:17
Because I was not destroyed before this darkness, and because he hath not hidden from my face [this] gloom.
Leeser Tanakh
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
16Still God hath made timid my heart, and the Almighty hath terrified me;
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy graves in peace; and thy eyes shall not look on all the evil which I am bringing over this place. And they brought the king word again.
Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
Job 18:18Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
Job 22:11Or seest thou not the darkness? and the abundance of water which covereth thee?
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 →