Job 23:17
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
Majority Standard Bible
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 has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
Cross References
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 king.
Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
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 →