Job 23:17 Meaning and Explanation
“Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job laments that he was not taken before the darkness came, nor spared from facing it.
What Does Job 23:17 Mean?
Job closes his speech in the language of darkness. He grieves that he was not cut off, removed, before this gloom descended, and that the darkness has not been hidden from his face.
This is the honest cry of a soul in deep trial, sitting in shadow yet still speaking to God. Job does not curse or turn away; he laments and waits. Even in the thickest darkness, the believer is not forsaken, for the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Job 23:17 in the Original Language
ophel (אֹפֶל), 'darkness' -- thick gloom or deep obscurity.
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What does Job 23:17 mean?
Job laments that he was not taken before the darkness came, nor spared from facing it.