Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness 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.
Julia Smith Translation
For I was not cut off from the face of darkness, and he covered misfortune 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 For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me: 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
Phrases
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.
2 Kings 22:20
Behold therefore, I will gather you unto your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Job 15:22
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 22:11
Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.