Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
because I was not cut off before the darkness; yea, 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.
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 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; yea, He covered the darkness from my face.
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.
2 Kings 22:20
Behold, even so I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace. And your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king this word again.
Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that He would loose His hand and cut me off!
Job 15:22
He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited 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
They drive him from light to darkness, and they make him flee from the world.
Job 22:11
or darkness, so that you cannot see; and a flood of waters covers you.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous one perishes, and no one lays it to heart, and merciful men are taken away; no one cares that the righteous is taken away from the face of evil.