Job 17:12
They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
In Context
11My days are past. my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
13If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
Cross References
Job 7:3so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 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. 12 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. 15 And where is now… Read the whole commentary →