Job 17:12
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
KJV
Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
Vulgate
νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους.
LXX
They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
ASV
לַ֭יְלָה לְ/י֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִ/פְּנֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
לָ֑יְלָה
lylh
noun · 234×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קָר֥וֹב
qrvb
adjective · 75×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Isa 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!