Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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Referenced Verses
- Job 19:8 : 8 ¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
- Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, [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 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 brought the king word again.
- Job 6:9 : 9 Even that it would please God to destroy 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- Job 18:18 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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- Job 19:7-93 verses79%
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but [there is] no judgment.
8 ¶ He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he 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 candle shined upon my head, [and when] by his light I walked [through] darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God [was] upon my tabernacle;
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2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
- Job 23:15-162 verses77%
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
- Ps 139:11-122 verses76%
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, 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 the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
- Job 3:4-63 verses76%
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As [for] that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
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16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants [which] 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 see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
- Job 23:7-93 verses75%
7 There the righteous might dispute 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, where 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 [is] short because of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave [is] mine house: I have made my bed 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, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
- Lam 3:6-72 verses75%
6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: 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 For 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 foul with weeping, and on my eyelids [is] the shadow of death;
17 ¶ Not for [any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer [is] pure.
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16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
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23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
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20 Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
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28 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten 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 LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
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19 Where [is] the way [where] light dwelleth? 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 darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that 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 order [our speech] by reason of darkness.
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10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
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22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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13 [Is] not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
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3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.