Job 24:17
15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
- KJV
- For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
- WEB
- For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
- ASV
- For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
- DARBY
- For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
- BLB
- For the morning [is] for them together the shadow of death—for one regards the terrors of the shadow of death!
- ÅB
- For nattens mørke er morgen for dem alle; de er velkjente med nattemørkets redsler.
- OTB
- For morgenen er den samme for ham som dyp mørke,
For han er kjent med dyp mørkes redsler. - B1930
- For nattens mørke er morgen for dem alle; de er velkjente med nattemørkets redsler.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 3:5
May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.
Read in contextJeremiah 2:26
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:10–11
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.
Read in contextRevelation 6:16–17
And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18–19
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
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