Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Job 23:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from 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 thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword:
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.
Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
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.