Job 17:12
These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—
Leeser Tanakh
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 resolves are broken off, [even the thoughts]—the possessions of my heart.
13When I hope for the nether world as my house; in the darkness have I spread my couch;
Cross References
Job 7:3So was I compelled to possess months of vanity, and nights of trouble were counted out unto me.
Job 24:14With the earliest light riseth the murderer, he slayeth the poor and needy, and in the night he becometh like the 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 →