Job 23:17
Because I was not taken away before darkness came, And he hath not hidden darkness from mine eyes.
Noyes 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
16For God maketh my heart faint; Yea, the Almighty terrifieth me;
Cross References
Job 15:22He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.
Job 18:18He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
Job 22:11Or darkness, through which thou canst not see, And floods of water cover 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 →