Job 17:12

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

Deuteronomy 28:67

In the morning you shall say, ‘Would that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Would that it were morning!’ because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see.

Job 7:3-4

So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.

Job 7:13-14

“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’

Job 24:14-16

“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

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Summary

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

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Bible References

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Job 7:3
So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.
Job 24:14
“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you shall say, ‘Would that it were evening!’ And at evening you shall say, ‘Would that it were morning!’ because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see.

General references

Ecclesiastes 2:20
Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun.
Isaiah 38:10
I said, “In the middle of my life
I am to enter the gates of Sheol;
I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.”