Parallel Verses
Amplified
“These [thoughts try to] make the night into the day;
‘The light is near,’ they say in the presence of darkness [but they pervert the truth].
New American Standard Bible
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
King James Version
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Holman Bible
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.
International Standard Version
They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'
A Conservative Version
They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.
American Standard Version
They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.
Bible in Basic English
They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
Darby Translation
They change the night into day; the light they imagine near in presence of the darkness.
Julia Smith Translation
They will set the night for day: the light being near from the face of darkness.
King James 2000
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They make night into day, [saying], 'Light [is] {near to darkness}.'
Modern King James verseion
They set night for day; the light is near in the face of darkness.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
changing the night into day, and the light into darkness.
NET Bible
These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'
New Heart English Bible
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
The Emphasized Bible
Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
Webster
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
World English Bible
They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 17:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Says To His Friends: I'M Still Wiser Than You
11
“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].
“These [thoughts try to] make the night into the day;
‘The light is near,’ they say in the presence of darkness [but they pervert the truth].
“But if I look to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) as my home,
If I make my bed in the darkness,
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning you will say, ‘I wish it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘I wish it were morning!’—because of the dread in your heart with which you tremble, and because of the sight of your eyes which you will see.
Job 7:3-4
So am I allotted months of futility and suffering,
And [long] nights of trouble and misery are appointed to me.
Job 7:13-14
“When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’
Job 24:14-16
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.