Job 17:12
Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
13If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
Cross References
Job 7:3So, have I been made to inherit months of calamity, and, nights of weariness, have been appointed me.
Job 24:14With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like 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 →