Job 17:12
Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
In Context
11My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart
13Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shall make my bed in the darke.
Cross References
Job 7:3So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.
Job 24:14The murtherer riseth earely and killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.
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 →