Job 23:17
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
Young's Literal Translation
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
16And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:20therefore, lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy grave in peace, and thine eyes do not look on any of the evil that I am bringing in on this place;' and they bring the king back word.
Job 15:22He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
Job 18:18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
Job 22:11Or darkness — thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth 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 →