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Job 17:12

World English Bible

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

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Job 17:12 in other translations

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

Job 17:12 · American Standard Version

Job 17:12 in context

  1. 10But as for you all, come back.
    I will not find a wise man among you.
  2. 11My days are past.
    My plans are broken off,
    as are the thoughts of my heart.
  3. 12They change the night into day,
    saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
  4. 13If I look for Sheol as my house,
    if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
  5. 14if I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’
    to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘My sister,’