Job 17:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"They makeיָשִׂ֑ימוּ
(ya·si·mu;)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
nightלַ֭יְלָה
(lay·lah)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
into day,לְיֹ֣ום
(le·yo·vm)
3117: daya prim. root
[saying], 'The lightאֹ֝֗ור
(o·vr)
216: a lightfrom or
is near,'קָרֹ֥וב
(ka·ro·vv)
7138: nearfrom qarab
in the presenceמִפְּנֵי־
(mip·pe·nei-)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
of darkness.חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
(cho·shech.)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak


















KJV Lexicon
They change
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
the night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
into day
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
the light
'owr  (ore)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
is short
qarowb  (kaw-robe')
near (in place, kindred or time)
because
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
of darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They turned night into day 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.'

NET Bible
These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You say that night is day. Light has nearly become darkness.

King James 2000 Bible
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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