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Job 23:17
Job 23:17 is verse 17 of Job chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
King James Version
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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Job 23:15–17 · Berean Standard Bible
15 Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.
16 God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 6:9that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
2 Kings 22:20‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
Job 15:22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Job 19:8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
Job 22:11it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.