Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.’ ” And they brought back word to the king.
Job 23:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) for I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because I was not cut off before the darkness [of these woes befell me], neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face. American Standard Version (1901) Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. Common English Bible Still I’m not annihilated by darkness; he has hidden deep darkness from me. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet I have not perished because of the threatening darkness, nor has gloom covered my face. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me: neither hath the mist covered my face. |
Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.’ ” And they brought back word to the king.
“Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
He does not believe that he will return out of darkness, and he is destined for the sword.
He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness upon my paths.
your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity,