Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 23:17 comes as part of Job's answer to the third speech of Eliphaz. That speech is an accusation against Job.
The verse stands in Job 22-24, within the larger section of Job 8-27. There Job is replying to the continual accusations of his friends, both stated and implied. It falls in the middle of Job's last reply before his friends cease troubling him.
The verse expresses confidence in God's mercy. It concerns the end of the wicked.
Job 23:17 comes as part of Job's answer to the third speech of Eliphaz. That speech is an accusation against Job.
The verse stands in Job 22-24, within the larger section of Job 8-27. There Job is replying to the continual accusations of his friends, both stated and implied. It falls in the middle of Job's last reply before his friends cease troubling him.
The verse expresses confidence in God's mercy. It concerns the end of the wicked.