Job 23:17
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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Barnes' Notes
Because I was not cut off before the darkness - Before these calamities came upon me. Because I was not taken away in the midst of prosperity, and while I was enjoying his smiles and the proofs of his…
Some make Job to complain here that God dealt unjustly and unfairly with him in proceeding to punish him without the least relenting or relaxation, though he had such incontestable evidences to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
This verse reads,
For I am not dismayed because of the darkness,
Nor because of myself whom thick darkness covereth.
The words refer back to the language of Eliphaz, ch. Job 22:11, "or seest thou…
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