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Job Chapter 17 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Job 17:12

They change the night into day: The light, `say they', is near unto the darkness.
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BBE Job 17:12

They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.
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DARBY Job 17:12

They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.
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KJV Job 17:12

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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WBT Job 17:12

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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WEB Job 17:12

They change the night into day, Saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness.
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YLT Job 17:12

Night for day they appoint, Light `is' near because of darkness.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - They change the night into day. They, my detractors, who are also my so-called "comforters," pretend to change my night into day; assure me that the cloud which rests on me is only for a time, and will ere long give place to the brightness of day, to a glorious burst of sunshine (see Job 5:18-26; Job 8:21, 22; Job 11:15-19). The light (they say) is short because of darkness; or, rather, is near because of the darkness. To extreme darkness shows that dawn must be near, that the day must soon break when my sorrow will be turned into joy. Job had not found himself comforted by these assurances, which lacked the ring of sincerity, and could not be accomplished except by miracle, which he did not feel that he had any right to expect.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) They change the night into day.--Comp. Job 11:17. So little did his friends enter into his case that they wanted him to believe that his night of trial was the reverse of darkness, and that there was light at hand. This was to him only the more painful mockery, because of its contrast to his felt condition. He, on the contrary, says that his only hope is in the grave. "The light," say they, "is near unto the darkness; that it is near before the darkness cometh; they try to persuade me that prosperity is close at hand."