Job 17:12
New International Version
turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.

New Living Translation
These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light.

English Standard Version
They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

Berean Standard Bible
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

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

New King James Version
They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.

New American Standard Bible
“They make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

NASB 1995
“They make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

NASB 1977
“They make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

Legacy Standard Bible
They make night into day, saying, ‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

Amplified Bible
“These [thoughts try to] make the night into the day; ‘The light is near,’ they say in the presence of darkness [but they pervert the truth].

Christian Standard Bible
They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

American Standard Version
They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You put the night for day, and you sacrifice the light to the darkness

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Contemporary English Version
But all my friends can do is offer empty hopes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

English Revised Version
They change the night into a day: the fight, say they, is near unto the darkness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You say that night is day. Light has nearly become darkness.

Good News Translation
But my friends say night is daylight; they say that light is near, but I know I remain in darkness.

International Standard Version
They have transformed night into day— 'The light,' they say, 'is about to become dark.'

JPS Tanakh 1917
They change the night into day; The light is short because of darkness.

Literal Standard Version
They appoint night for day, | Light [is] near because of darkness.

Majority Standard Bible
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

New American Bible
They would change the night into day; where there is darkness they talk of approaching light.

NET Bible
These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

New Revised Standard Version
They make night into day; ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

New Heart English Bible
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.

Webster's Bible Translation
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

World English Bible
They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

Young's Literal Translation
Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.

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Context
Job Prepares for Death
11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart. 12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. 13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,…

Cross References
Job 17:11
My days have passed; my plans are broken off--even the desires of my heart.

Job 17:13
If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.


Treasury of Scripture

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

change

Job 7:3,4,13,14
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me…

Job 24:14-16
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief…

Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

short.

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Job 17
1. Job appeals from men to God
6. The unmerciful dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish,
9. but not discourage the righteous
11. His hope is not in life, but in death














(12) They change the night into day.--Comp. Job 11:17. So little did his friends enter into his case that they wanted him to believe that his night of trial was the reverse of darkness, and that there was light at hand. This was to him only the more painful mockery, because of its contrast to his felt condition. He, on the contrary, says that his only hope is in the grave. "The light," say they, "is near unto the darkness; that it is near before the darkness cometh; they try to persuade me that prosperity is close at hand."

Verse 12. - They change the night into day. They, my detractors, who are also my so-called "comforters," pretend to change my night into day; assure me that the cloud which rests on me is only for a time, and will ere long give place to the brightness of day, to a glorious burst of sunshine (see Job 5:18-26; Job 8:21, 22; Job 11:15-19). The light (they say) is short because of darkness; or, rather, is near because of the darkness. To extreme darkness shows that dawn must be near, that the day must soon break when my sorrow will be turned into joy. Job had not found himself comforted by these assurances, which lacked the ring of sincerity, and could not be accomplished except by miracle, which he did not feel that he had any right to expect.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They have turned
יָשִׂ֑ימוּ (yā·śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

night
לַ֭יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

into day
לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

and have made light
א֝֗וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

seem near
קָר֥וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7138: Near

in the face
מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of darkness.
חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness


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