Job 23:17
Verse 17 of 17. The 23rd of 42 chapters in Job, in Poetry and Wisdom.
13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
15Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
16For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 23:17 in the World English Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.Read Job 23:17 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Job 23:17
He was very fretful, peevish indeed, for he quarrels with God, (1.) Because he did not die before his troubles, that he might never have seen them (Because I was not cut off before the darkness, v. 17), and yet if, in the height of his prosperity, he had received a summons to the grave, he would have thought it hard.
Read Matthew Henry on Job 23:13–17: Job's Comfort in His Integrity. (b. c. 1520.)
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