Job 17:12
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Note short: Heb. near
They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.
They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- change
- Job 7:3, 4, 13, 14; Job 24:14–16; Deuteronomy 28:67