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Job 17:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. "
Job 17:12
Verse in Context
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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
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Job 17:1
"My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves"
Job 17:2
"Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?"
Job 17:3
"Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands"
Job 17:4
"For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt"
Job 17:5
"He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail."
Job 17:6
"He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret."
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