Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness. New Living Translation The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness. English Standard Version For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness. Berean Standard Bible For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! King James Bible For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. New King James Version For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death. New American Standard Bible “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. NASB 1995 “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. NASB 1977 “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. Legacy Standard Bible For the morning is the same to him as the shadow of death, For he recognizes the terrors of the shadow of death. Amplified Bible “For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight]; For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. Christian Standard Bible For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness! Holman Christian Standard Bible For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness! American Standard Version For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Contemporary English Version They prefer night to day, since the terrors of the night are their friends. English Revised Version For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death. GOD'S WORD® Translation because morning and deep darkness are the same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. Good News Translation They fear the light of day, but darkness holds no terror for them. International Standard Version As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend." Majority Standard Bible For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! NET Bible For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness. New Heart English Bible For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Webster's Bible Translation For the morning is to them even as the shades of death: if one knoweth them, they are in the terrors of the shades of death. World English Bible For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhen together, morning [is] death-shade to them, "" When he discerns the terrors of death-shade. Young's Literal Translation When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade. Smith's Literal Translation For the morning altogether to them the shadow of death: if it shall be known, the terrors of the shadow of death. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light. Catholic Public Domain Version If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light. New American Bible Indeed, for all of them morning is deep darkness; then they recognize the terrors of deep darkness. New Revised Standard Version For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTherefore they sought for themselves the shadow of death, and have found it: yea, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Therefore they sought for themselves the shadow of death, and they found it, and the shadows of death terrified them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: Judgment for the Wicked…16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light. 17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! 18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.… Cross References John 3:19-20 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble. Isaiah 29:15 Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?” 1 Thessalonians 5:4-5 But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief. / For you are all sons of the light and sons of the day; we do not belong to the night or to the darkness. Ephesians 5:11-13 Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. / But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself. Matthew 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. / But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Luke 11:34-36 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness. / Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. / So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.” Romans 13:12 The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 1 John 1:5-7 And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. / If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. / But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. Psalm 139:11-12 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— / even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You. Isaiah 60:2 For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. Amos 5:18-20 Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light. / It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake. / Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it? Micah 3:6 Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them. Zephaniah 1:15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, Jeremiah 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness. Treasury of Scripture For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. in the terrors. Job 3:5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. Psalm 73:18,19 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction… Jeremiah 2:26 As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets, Jump to Previous Dark Darkness Death Deep Discerneth Familiar Fear Friends Middle Morning Night Shade Shades Shadow Terrors Thick Together TroubledJump to Next Dark Darkness Death Deep Discerneth Familiar Fear Friends Middle Morning Night Shade Shades Shadow Terrors Thick Together TroubledJob 24 1. Wickedness often goes unpunished17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked For to them This phrase introduces the subject of the verse, referring to those who engage in wickedness. In the context of Job 24, Job is lamenting the apparent prosperity and impunity of the wicked. The Hebrew word here implies a specific group, setting the stage for a contrast between their perception and reality. deep darkness is their morning surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction to them, לָ֣מוֹ (lā·mōw) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew deep darkness צַלְמָ֑וֶת (ṣal·mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6757: Death-like shadow, deep shadow is their יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ (yaḥ·dāw) Adverb Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly morning; בֹּ֣קֶר (bō·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning surely כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction they are friends with יַ֝כִּ֗יר (yak·kîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize the terrors בַּלְה֥וֹת (bal·hō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 1091: Terror, dreadful event, calamity, destruction of darkness! צַלְמָֽוֶת׃ (ṣal·mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6757: Death-like shadow, deep shadow Links Job 24:17 NIVJob 24:17 NLT Job 24:17 ESV Job 24:17 NASB Job 24:17 KJV Job 24:17 BibleApps.com Job 24:17 Biblia Paralela Job 24:17 Chinese Bible Job 24:17 French Bible Job 24:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 24:17 For the morning is to all (Jb) |
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