Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
KJV
Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.
Vulgate
οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δὲ μου ἐκάλυψεν γνόφος.
LXX
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
ASV
כִּֽי לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִ/פְּנֵי חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝/מִ/פָּנַ֗/י כִּסָּה אֹֽפֶל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣פֶל
'pl
noun · 9×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 15×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 22:20 — Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brough
- Isa 57:1 — The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
- Job 19:8 — He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.