Job 17:12

Job chapter 17 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

v.12This passage

v.13If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 7:3

    So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

  • Job 7:13

    When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

  • Job 24:14

    The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.