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Job 24:17

Justice

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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.

18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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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.

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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

    Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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  • Jeremiah 2:26

    As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets,

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:10–11

    For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

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  • Revelation 6:16–17

    And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

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  • Psalms 73:18–19

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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