Job 23:17
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But I am not silencedנִ֭צְמַתִּי
(nitz·mat·ti)
6789: to put an end to, exterminatea prim. root
by the darkness,חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
(cho·shech;)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
Norלֹ֣א
(lo)
3808: nota prim. adverb
deep gloomאֹֽפֶל׃
(o·fel.)
652: darkness, gloomfrom an unused word
[which] coversכִּסָּה־
(kis·sah-)
3680: to covera prim. root
me. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Because I was not cut off
tsamath  (tsaw-math')
to extirpate -- consume, cut off, destroy, vanish.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
neither hath he covered
kacah  (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
the darkness
'ophel  (o'fel)
dusk -- darkness, obscurity, privily.
from my face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me.

King James Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

International Standard Version
Nevertheless, I haven't been silenced because of the darkness, even when thick darkness obscures my vision."

NET Bible
Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But I am not silenced by the dark or by the thick darkness that covers my face.

King James 2000 Bible
Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.
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