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Job 17:12

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

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In Context

11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

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Cross References

Job 7:3So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

Job 24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night 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 →

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