Job 23:17
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 23:17 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 23:17 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 23:17 — KJV
“Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.”
— Job 23:17 (KJV)
Job 23:17 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 23:17
“And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:17: because, cut, off
“For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:17: because, before, hath
“And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:”
Shares key themes with Job 23:17: cut, off, before
“Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:17: because, cut, off
“And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.”
Shares key themes with Job 23:17: cut, off, hath
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