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 has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
- Job 22:11 : 11 Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays 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 you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. 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 doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness, He is waited for by the sword.
- Job 18:6 : 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, 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 has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
9 He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
- Job 29:3-42 verses78%
3 When his lamp shone on 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 in my tent;
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2 He has led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
- Job 23:15-162 verses77%
15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
16 For God has made my heart faint. The Almighty has terrified me.
- Ps 139:11-122 verses76%
11 If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; The light around me will be night;"
12 Even the darkness doesn't hide from you, But the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
- Job 10:20-223 verses76%
20 Aren't my days few? Cease then, Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
21 Before I go where I shall not return from, To the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22 The land dark as midnight, Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight.'"
- Job 3:4-63 verses76%
4 Let that day be darkness; Don't let God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine on it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell on it. Let all that makes black the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let thick darkness seize on 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 who never saw light.
- Job 3:9-102 verses75%
9 Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
10 Because it didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.
- Job 23:7-93 verses75%
7 There the upright might reason with him, So I should be delivered forever from my judge.
8 "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;
9 He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
- Job 17:11-133 verses75%
11 My days are past, my plans are broken off, As are the thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of 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, Whom God has hedged in?
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11 Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Lam 3:6-72 verses75%
6 He has made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
7 He has walled me about, that I can't go forth; he has made my chain heavy.
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24 Why hide you your face, And hold me for your enemy?
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22 As for me, I said in my haste, "I am cut off from before your eyes." Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
- Job 16:16-172 verses74%
16 My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.
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 hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
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23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
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20 "Only don't do two things to me; Then I will not hide myself from your face:
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28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
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7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
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29 For you are my lamp, Yahweh; Yahweh will lighten my darkness.
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19 "What is the way to the dwelling of light? As for darkness, where is the place of it,
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3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.
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18 "'Why, then, have you brought me forth out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
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19 Teach us what we shall tell him; For we can't make our case by reason of darkness.
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10 Be it still my consolation, Yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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22 He uncovers deep things out of darkness, And brings out to light the shadow of death.
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13 "Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, That you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, That you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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6 The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.
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17 You have removed my soul far off from peace; I forgot prosperity.
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13 Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
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3 Man sets an end to darkness, And searches out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.