Job 23:17
Strong's Lexicon
Yet
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

I am not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

silenced
נִ֭צְמַתִּי (niṣ·mat·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6789: 1) to put an end to, cut off, destroy, exterminate, extirpate 1a) (Qal) to put an end to, terminate 1b) (Niphal) to be ended, be annihilated, be exterminated 1c) (Piel) to put an end to 1d) (Pilel) to be exterminated, be annihilated 1e) (Hiphil) to exterminate, annihilate

by
מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

the darkness,
חֹ֑שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

by the thick darkness
אֹֽפֶל׃ (’ō·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 652: 1) darkness, gloom 2) spiritual unreceptivity, calamity (fig.)

that covers
כִּסָּה־ (kis·sāh-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3680: 1) to cover, conceal, hide 1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cover, clothe 1c2) to cover, conceal 1c3) to cover (for protection) 1c4) to cover over, spread over 1c5) to cover, overwhelm 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be covered 1d2) to be clothed 1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

my face.
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י (ū·mip·pā·nay)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet I am not  destroyed by  the darkness,  by the thick darkness that covers my  face.

New American Standard Bible
But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom [which] covers me.

King James Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

New Living Translation
Darkness is all around me; thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.

English Standard Version
yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covers my face.

New American Standard Bible
But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

International Standard Version
Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."

NET Bible
Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

American Standard Version
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

English Revised Version
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.
















Cross References
Job 10:18
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!

Job 10:19
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Job 19:8
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 23:16
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:

Job 23:15
Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Job 23:14
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Job 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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