Job 23:17
כִּֽי ־ לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי ־ חֹשֶׁךְ וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה ־ אֹֽפֶל ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
16וְאֵל הֵרַךְ לִבִּי וְשַׁדַּי הִבְהִילָֽנִי ׃
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20לָכֵן הִנְנִי אֹֽסִפְךָ עַל ־ אֲבֹתֶיךָ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ אֶל ־ קִבְרֹתֶיךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם וְלֹא ־ תִרְאֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ בְּכֹל הָֽרָעָה אֲשֶׁר ־ אֲנִי מֵבִיא עַל ־ הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַיָּשִׁיבוּ אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּבָֽר ׃
Job 15:22לֹא ־ יַאֲמִין שׁוּב מִנִּי ־ חֹשֶׁךְ וצפו הוּא אֱלֵי ־ חָֽרֶב ׃
Job 18:18יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל ־ חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ ׃
Job 22:11אוֹ ־ חֹשֶׁךְ לֹֽא ־ תִרְאֶה וְֽשִׁפְעַת ־ מַיִם תְּכַסֶּֽךָּ ׃
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 →