Job 17:12

10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
KJV
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
WEB
They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
ASV
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.
DARBY
They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.
BLB
They set the night into day: ‘Light [is] near in the face of darkness.’
ÅB
Natt gjør de til dag, lyset, sier de, er nærmere enn det mørke som ligger like for meg.
OTB
De gjør natt til dag, og sier,
‘Lyset er nær,’ i mørkets nærvær.
B1930
Natt gjør de til dag, lyset, sier de, er nærmere enn det mørke som ligger like for mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 24:14–16

    The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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  • Job 7:13–14

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

    Read in context
  • Job 7:3–4

    So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

    Read in context
  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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