Job 17:12

Job 17:12 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12turn night into day;

in the face of the darkness light is near.

12“They make night into day, saying,

‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

12“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].

12They have turned night into day,

making light seem near in the face of darkness.

12They change the night into day:

The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

12Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.

12They change the night into day,

saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

12turn night into day.

Even though it’s dark,

‘Light is nearby.’

12My friends say, “It is day,”

when it is still night.

They do not know the difference between light and dark.

12They appoint night for day, || Light [is] near because of darkness.