Job 17:12
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
3915 [e]לַ֭יְלָה
lay-lāh
The nightN-ms
3117 [e]לְי֣וֹם
lə-yō-wm
into dayPrep-l | N-ms
7760 [e]יָשִׂ֑ימוּ
yā-śî-mū;
they changeV-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 facePrep-m | N-mpc
2822 [e]חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
ḥō-šeḵ.
of darknessN-ms





















Hebrew Texts
איוב 17:12 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
לַ֭יְלָה לְיֹ֣ום יָשִׂ֑ימוּ אֹ֝֗ור קָרֹ֥וב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

איוב 17:12 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
לילה ליום ישימו אור קרוב מפני־חשך׃

איוב 17:12 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
לילה ליום ישימו אור קרוב מפני־חשך׃

איוב 17:12 Hebrew Bible
לילה ליום ישימו אור קרוב מפני חשך׃

Parallel Verses
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.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

change

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short. Heb. near

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