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Job 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 17:127 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ֭יְלָהlayəlāh
nightnounH3915
לְ/י֣וֹםləywōm
into daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
יָשִׂ֑ימוּyāśiymw
they makeverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
א֝֗וֹרʾwōr
lightnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
קָר֥וֹבqārwōb
is nearadjH7138
approach · at hand · any of kin · kinsfold ···
מִ/פְּנֵיmipənēy
from beforepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
חֹֽשֶׁךְḥōšekə
darknessnounH2822
night · obscurity
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 17:12

They have changed the night into day. For ‘the thoughts being scattered change night into day,’ in that it is sometimes more grateful to the righteous through adversity to undergo sufferings, rather than as the effect of prosperity to be harassed with the charge of earthly ministering. But because they have learnt by paying attention that both adversity passes away, and prosperity dawns again, it is fitly added; And again after darkness I look for light. For ‘the light is…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 13 §46
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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