Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered 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 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.
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 Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. 17 Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.
Phrases
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Cross References
Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.
2 Kings 22:20
Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.'"'" Then they reported back to the king.
Job 6:9
And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me.
Job 15:22
He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;
Job 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
Job 18:18
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
Job 22:11
why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.
Isaiah 57:1
The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.