Job 17:12
They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 the nether-world as my house; if I have spread my couch in the darkness;
Cross References
Job 7:3So am I made to possess — months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light, to kill 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 →