Job 23:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.

Young's Literal Translation
For I have not been cut off before darkness, And before me He covered thick darkness.

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

Hebrew
Yet
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I am not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

silenced
נִ֭צְמַתִּי (niṣ·mat·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6789: To put an end to, exterminate

by
מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the darkness,
חֹ֑שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

by the thick darkness
אֹֽפֶל׃ (’ō·p̄el)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 652: Darkness, gloom

that covers
כִּסָּה־ (kis·sāh-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover

my face.
וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י (ū·mip·pā·nay)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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