Job 17:12 · KJV
“They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}”
— Job 17:12
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart. {the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}
If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job 17 — Context
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find {one} wise {man} among you.
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart. {the thoughts: Heb. the possessions}
12They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness. {short: Heb. near}
13If I wait, the grave {is} mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister. {said: Heb. cried, or, called}
Cross References
Job 7:3-4
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job 7:13-14
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
Deuteronomy 28:67
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Job 24:14-16
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.