Job 23:16–17
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23:16Indeed, God has made my heart faint;29
the Almighty has terrified me.
23:17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness,
because of the thick darkness
that covered my face.30
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- 29 The verb הֵרַךְ (kherakh) means “to be tender”; in the Piel it would have the meaning “to soften.” The word is used in parallel constructions with the verbs for “fear.” The implication is that God has made Job fearful.
- 30 This is a very difficult verse. The Hebrew text literally says: “for I have not been destroyed because of darkness, and because of my face [which] gloom has covered.” Most commentators omit the negative adverb, which gives the meaning that Job is enveloped in darkness and reduced to terror. The verb נִצְמַתִּי (nitsmatti) means “I have been silent” (as in Arabic and Aramaic), and so obviously the negative must be retained—he has not been silent.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me;
yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
nor because thick darkness covers my face.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
God has made my heart faint;
the Almighty has terrified me.
Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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NLTNew Living Translation
God has made me sick at heart;
the Almighty has terrified me.
Darkness is all around me;
thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Indeed, God has made my heart faint,
and Shaddai has terrified me.
Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness,
and because of me he conceals thick darkness.
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KJV 1900King James Version
For God maketh my heart soft,
And the Almighty troubleth me:
Because I was not cut off before the darkness,
Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
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