Job 23:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 19:7-9
    3 verses
    79%

    7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

    8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

    9He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

  • Job 29:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

    4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

  • 2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

  • Job 23:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

    16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

  • Ps 139:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

  • Job 10:20-22
    3 verses
    76%

    20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

    21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

    22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Job 3:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

    5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

    6As 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.

  • 16Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

  • Job 3:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Let 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:

    10Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.

  • Job 23:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

    8Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

    9On 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 17:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

    12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

    13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

  • 23Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

  • 11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • Lam 3:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6He hath set me in dark pces, as they that be dead of old.

    7He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

  • 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • 22For 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 16:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

    17Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

  • 16As 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.

  • 23For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

  • 20Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

  • 28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

  • 7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

  • 29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.

  • 19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • 3For 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.

  • 18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

  • 19Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

  • 10Then 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.

  • 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

  • 13O 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!

  • 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

  • 17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

  • 13Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

  • 3He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.