Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 19:8 : 8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
- Isa 57:1 : 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] .
- 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
- Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
- Job 15:22 : 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
- Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
- Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Job 19:7-93 verses79%
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
8 He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- Job 29:3-42 verses78%
3 When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
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2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
- Job 23:15-162 verses77%
15 Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;
- Ps 139:11-122 verses76%
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12 Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee] .
- Job 10:20-223 verses76%
20 Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
- Job 3:4-63 verses76%
4 Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let all that maketh black the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it: Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months.
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16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.
- Job 3:9-102 verses75%
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.
- Job 23:7-93 verses75%
7 There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him;
9 On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
- Job 17:11-133 verses75%
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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23 [ Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in?
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11 Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
- Lam 3:6-72 verses75%
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7 He hath walled me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy.
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24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
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22 As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
- Job 16:16-172 verses74%
16 My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
17 Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
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16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
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23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
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20 Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
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28 For thou wilt light my lamp: Jehovah my God will lighten my darkness.
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7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
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29 For thou art my lamp, O Jehovah; And Jehovah will lighten my darkness.
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19 Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
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3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
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19 Teach us what we shall say unto him; [For] we cannot set [our speech] in order by reason of darkness.
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10 And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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22 He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
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17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
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13 Is it not that I have no help in me, And that wisdom is driven quite from me?
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3 [ Man] setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.