Job 17:12

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

They set the night into day: ‘Light is near in the face of darkness.’

Latin

Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.

Hebrew

English

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

Job no longer trusted his friends and thought he would die without hope (6:15–21; 13:4–5; 16:2–3; compare 12:2).

Theme notes and profiles

Job 24:14–16
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Job 7:3–4
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
Job 7:13–14
When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.