Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and he covered misfortune from my face.
New American Standard Bible
Nor
King James Version
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Holman Bible
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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International Standard Version
Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."
A Conservative Version
because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
American Standard Version
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Amplified
But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me],
Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.
Bible in Basic English
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
Darby Translation
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.
King James 2000
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Indeed, I have not been silenced {because of darkness}, and because of me he conceals thick darkness.
Modern King James verseion
because I was not cut off before the darkness; yea, He covered the darkness from my face.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus can I not get out of darkness, the cloud hath so covered my face.
NET Bible
Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.
New Heart English Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
The Emphasized Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor, before my face, did the gloom form a shroud.
Webster
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
World English Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
Youngs Literal Translation
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Against Me
16 God relaxed my heart, and the Almighty caused me to tremble. 17 For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and he covered misfortune from my face.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 19:8
He walled up my path and I shall not pass, and he will set darkness upon my beaten paths.
2 Kings 22:20
For this, behold me gathering thee to thy fathers, and thou wert gathered to thy tomb in peace; and thine eyes shall not look upon all the evil which I bring upon this place. And they will turn back the king word.
Job 6:9
And God will, and he will crush me; will he let his hand remain, and will he cut me off?
Job 15:22
He will not believe to turn back from darkness, and he was waited for by the sword.
Job 18:6
The light was darkened in his tent, and his lamp shall be extinguished for him.
Job 18:18
They shall drive him out of light into darkness, and they shall exclude him from the habitable globe.
Job 22:11
Or darkness thou wilt not see; and abundance of waters shall cover thee.
Isaiah 57:1
The just one perished and none put upon the heart: men of kindness being taken away, for none understanding that the just one was taken away from the face of evil