Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
16Yea, GOD, hath made timid my heart, and, the Almighty, hath put me in terror.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20For this cause, behold me! about to gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy graves, in peace, and so thine eyes shall not look upon all the misfortune which I am about to bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Job 15:22He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
Job 18:18Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;
Job 22:11Or darkness—thou canst not see, and, a flood of waters, 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 →