Job 17:12
Strong's Lexicon
They have turned
יָשִׂ֑ימוּ (yā·śî·mū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

night
לַ֭יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3915: 1) night 1a) night (as opposed to day) 1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)

into day
לְי֣וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

and have made light
א֝֗וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: 1) light 1a) light of day 1b) light of heavenly luminaries (moon, sun, stars) 1c) day-break, dawn, morning light 1d) daylight 1e) lightning 1f) light of lamp 1g) light of life 1h) light of prosperity 1i) light of instruction 1j) light of face (fig.) 1k) Jehovah as Israel's light

seem near
קָר֥וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7138: 1) near 1a) of place 1b) of time 1c) of personal relationship 1c1) kinship

in the face
מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

of darkness.
חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

Young's Literal Translation
Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They turned night into  day and made light seem near in  the face of darkness. 

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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.

New Living Translation
These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light.

English Standard Version
They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

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.'

American Standard Version
They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

English Revised Version
They change the night into a day: the fight, say they, is near unto the darkness.

Young's Literal Translation
Night for day they appoint, Light is near because of darkness.
















Cross References
Job 17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

Isaiah 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!

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 17:10
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

Job 17:9
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Job 17:14
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Job 17:15
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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