Job 23:17
For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20Beholde therefore, I wil gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be put in thy graue in peace, and thine eyes shall not see all the euil, which I will bring vpon this place. Thus they brought the King worde againe.
Job 15:22He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Job 18:18They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.
Job 22:11Or darkenes that thou shouldest not see, and abundance of waters shall couer 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 →