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 1885 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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:
He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
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.
Or darkness, that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.
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.