Job 23:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃

Transliteration

kî-lōʾ niṣmattî mippənê-ḥōšek û-mippānay kissâ-ʾōpel

Grammar Details

*kî-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - for not
*niṣmattî*: Niphal perfect, 1st person singular - I was cut off
*mippənê-ḥōšek*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + noun, masculine singular - from before darkness
*û-mippānay*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - and from my face
*kissâ-ʾōpel*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - covered thick darkness

Word Meanings

*ṣāmat*: to put an end to, silence, destroy, cut off
*pānîm*: face, presence, surface
*ḥōšek*: darkness, obscurity
*kāsâ*: to cover, conceal, hide
*ʾōpel*: darkness, gloom, thick darkness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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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