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Job 23:16–17

16 God has made me sick at heart;

the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Darkness is all around me;

thick, impenetrable darkness is everywhere.

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Job 23:16–17 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 God has made my heart faint;

the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Job 23:16–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)

16 God has made my heart faint;

the Almighty has terrified me;

17 yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,

nor because thick darkness covers my face.

Job 23:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 For God maketh my heart soft,

And the Almighty troubleth me:

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

Neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Job 23:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 For God made my heart weak,

And the Almighty terrifies me;

17 Because I was not cut off from the presence of darkness,

And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

Job 23:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)

16 God has made me afraid;

the Almighty terrifies me.

17 But I am not hidden by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Job 23:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 For God hath made my heart faint,

And the Almighty hath terrified me;

17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness,

Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

Job 23:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

16 For •God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me; 17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

Job 23:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 God has discouraged me. 

The Almighty has filled me with terror. 

17 But I am not silenced by the dark 

or by the thick darkness that covers my face. 

Job 23:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 God has made my heart faint;

the Almighty has terrified me.

17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,

by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Job 23:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 God has made my heart faint;

the Almighty has terrified me;

17 If only I could vanish in darkness,

and thick darkness would cover my face!

Job 23:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 Indeed, God has made my heart faint,

and Shaddai has terrified me.

17 Indeed, I have not been silenced because of darkness,

and because of me he conceals thick darkness.

Job 23:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

16 God has made my heart weak.

The Mighty One has filled me with terror.

17 But even the darkness of death won’t make me silent.

When the darkness of the grave covers my face, I won’t be quiet.

Job 23:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 It is God who has made my heart faint,

And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

17 But I am not silenced by the darkness,

Nor deep gloom which covers me.


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