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Job 23:17 — Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

cut off		Job 6:9; 2Ki 22:20; Isa 57:1
the darkness from		Job 15:22; Job 18:6,18; Job 19:8; Job 22:11

Correlating Passages

cut off

	Job 6:9	Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
	2Ki 22:20	Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
	Isa 57:1	The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

the darkness from

	Job 15:22	He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
	Job 18:6	The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
	Job 18:18	He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
	Job 19:8	He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
	Job 22:11	Or darkness, [that] thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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Scott, Thomas. "Job 23:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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