Job 17:12
לַיְלָה לְיוֹם יָשִׂימוּ אוֹר קָרוֹב מִפְּנֵי ־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
In Context
11יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מוֹרָשֵׁי לְבָבִֽי ׃
13אִם ־ אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי ׃
Cross References
Job 7:3כֵּן הָנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי ־ שָׁוְא וְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ ־ לִֽי ׃
Job 24:14לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִֽקְטָל ־ עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב ׃
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 →