Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3915 [e] לַ֭יְלָה lay-lāh The night N-ms 3117 [e] לְי֣וֹם lə-yō-wm into day Prep-l | N-ms 7760 [e] יָשִׂ֑ימוּ yā-śî-mū; they change V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 216 [e] א֝֗וֹר ’ō-wr, the light [is] N-cs 7138 [e] קָר֥וֹב qā-rō-wḇ near [they say] Adj-ms 6440 [e] מִפְּנֵי־ mip-pə-nê- in the face Prep-m | N-mpc 2822 [e] חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ ḥō-šeḵ. of darkness N-ms

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.

change

Job 7:3,4,13,14 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are …

Job 24:14-16 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and …

Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning you shall say, Would God it were even! and at even …

short. Heb. near

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