Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 23:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Is Against Me
16 And God hath made my heart soft, And the Mighty hath troubled me. 17 For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
Phrases
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Cross References
Job 19:8
My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.
2 Kings 22:20
therefore, 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 6:9
That God would please -- and bruise me, Loose His hand and cut me off!
Job 15:22
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
Job 18:6
The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
Job 18:18
They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
Job 22:11
Or darkness -- thou dost not see, And abundance of waters doth cover thee.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous hath perished, And there is none laying it to heart, And men of kindness are gathered, Without any considering that from the face of evil Gathered is the righteous one.