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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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Bíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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