‘Therefore behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you will be gathered to your grave in shalom. So your eyes will not see all the disaster I am bringing on this place.’” Then they brought back word to the king.
Job 23:17 - Tree of Life Version Yet I am not silenced because of the darkness, nor by the thick darkness that covers 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 you to your fathers and you will be gathered to your grave in shalom. So your eyes will not see all the disaster I am bringing on this place.’” Then they brought back word to the king.
“Why then did You bring me out from the womb? I should have died so no eye would have seen me.
If only I had never come into being, or been carried from womb to grave.
He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is destined for the sword.
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has shrouded my path in darkness.
or why it is so dark that you cannot see. and why a flood of water covers you.
that God would be willing to crush me, to release His hand, and cut me off!
The righteous one perishes, but no one takes it to heart. Godly men are taken away, but no one discerns that the righteous man is taken from evil.