JOB 23:17 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Οὐ γὰρ ᾔδειν ὅτι ἐπελεύσεταί μοι σκότος, πρὸ προσώπου δέ μου ἐκάλυψε γνόφος.
(Ou gar aʸdein hoti epeleusetai moi skotos, pro prosōpou de mou ekalupse gnofos. )

BrTr For I knew not that darkness would come upon me, and thick darkness has covered me before my face.

ULT For I was not cut off from the face of the darkness,
⇔ and from my face gloom covers.

UST I have lived to experience terrible things, and that is why I am so frightened.
⇔ I can only imagine that the future will be just as bad as the present.

BSB Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
⇔ by the thick darkness that covers my face.

OEB I am utterly lost in the darkness,
⇔ And gloom enwrappeth my face.

WEBBE Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
⇔ neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness,
⇔ because of the thick darkness
⇔ that covered my face.

LSV For I have not been cut off before darkness,
And before me He covered thick darkness.”

FBV Yet I'm still here despite the dark—even though I can't see through the utter darkness.[fn]

23:17 The Hebrew here is difficult: “Because I am not cut off by reason of darkness and from my face which thick darkness covers.”

T4T It is as though there is only thick darkness in front of me,
⇔ but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.”

LEB • [fn] and because of me he[fn] conceals thick darkness.

23:1 Literally “from the face of darkness”

23:1 Or “it”

BBE For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.

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JPS Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did He cover the thick darkness from my face.

ASV Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
⇔ Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

DRA For I have not perished because of the darkness that hangs over me, neither hath the mist covered my face.

YLT For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

Drby Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

RV Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Wbstr Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

KJB-1769 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
(Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath/has he covered the darkness from my face. )

KJB-1611 Because I was not cut off before the darknes, neither hath he couered the darknes from my face.
(Because I was not cut off before the darknes, neither hath/has he covered the darknes from my face.)

Bshps Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse, neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face.
(Because I am not cut of before the darkness, neither hath/has he covered the cloud from my face.)

Gnva For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face.
(For I am not cut off in darkness, but he hath/has hid the darkness from my face. )

Cvdl Thus can not I get out of darcknesse, the cloude hath so couered my face.
(Thus cannot I get out of darknessse, the cloud hath/has so covered my face.)

Wycl For Y perischide not for derknessis neiyynge; nethir myist hilide my face.
(For I perished not for darkness neiyynge; neither myist hilide my face.)

Luth Denn die Finsternis macht kein Ende mit mir, und das Dunkel will vor mir nicht verdeckt werden.
(Because the darkness macht kein Ende with mir, and the darkness will before/in_front_of to_me not verdeckt become.)

ClVg Non enim perii propter imminentes tenebras, nec faciem meam operuit caligo.][fn]
(Non because perii propter imminentes tenebras, but_not face meam operuit caligo.] )

23.17 Non enim. Ille in flagello positus a salute corporis propter imminentes tenebras perit, qui pro transactis percutitur, ut a futuris suppliciis abscondatur.

23.17 Non because. Ille in flagello positus from salute corporis propter imminentes tenebras perit, who for transactis percutitur, as from futuris suppliciis abscondatur.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּֽי

that/for/because/then/when

Job is using the word For to introduce the reason why he is terrified of God, as he described in the previous two verses. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “I am terrified of God because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי

not silenced

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “God did not cut me off”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹ֣א נִ֭צְמַתִּי

not silenced

Job is speaking as if he might literally have been cut off, as if he were a branch on a tree, for example. He is talking about dying. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I did not die” or “God did not let me die”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ

from=face/in_front_of darkness

In this instance, the phrase from the face of means “in front of” or “before.” It refers to time rather than to place. Alternate translation: “before the time of darkness” or “before the darkness came”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מִ⁠פְּנֵי־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ

from=face/in_front_of darkness

Job is using the term darkness to represent troubles. See how you translated the similar expression in 20:26. Alternate translation: “before these troubles began”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ֝⁠מִ⁠פָּנַ֗⁠י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל

and,by,face,my covers thick_darkness

In this instance, the phrase from my face means “in front of.” It could refer either to place or to time. Alternate translation: “and gloom covers everything in front of me” or “and gloom covers everything that will happen to me in the future”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ֝⁠מִ⁠פָּנַ֗⁠י כִּסָּה־אֹֽפֶל

and,by,face,my covers thick_darkness

Job is speaking as if gloom were literally covering everything in front of him or everything that would happen to him in the future. He is using gloom, like darkness earlier in the verse, to represent troubles. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and there is trouble everywhere I look” or “and I can only anticipate further trouble happening to me”

Parallel JOB 23:17