THEOSISJob 23:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.
כִּֽי־לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי מִפְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 19:8He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.
- Isa 57:1The just perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and men of mercy are taken away, because there is none that understandeth; for the just man is taken away from before the face of evil.
- Job 18:18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
- Job 15:22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.
- Job 22:11And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?
- Job 6:9And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?
- Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.