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Job 23:17 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 23:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 23 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.”
Job 23:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness (כִּי־לֹא נִצְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ, ki-lo nitsmatiy mippene-choshek)—The verb tsamat (צָמַת) means "to be cut off, destroyed, silenced." Job wishes he had died before suffering began. The noun choshek (חֹשֶׁךְ, darkness) represents calamity, not physical night. The phrase neither hath he covered the darkness from my face (וּמִפָּנַי כִּסָּה־אֹפֶל) intensifies: God hasn't even veiled the horror. The word ophel (אֹפֶל) is thick darkness, gloom. Job experiences what Amos threatened: "the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light" (Amos 5:18).This ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 23:17
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“and has set darkness in my paths.”
“and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away”
“behold”
“so that you can not see”
“He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness”
“and cut me off!”
“The light shall be dark in his tabernacle”
“and chased out of the world.”