Job 17:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

Bible in Basic English ☆

They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Darby Translation ☆

They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse.

Noyes Bible ☆

Night hath become day to me; The light bordereth on darkness.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

These would change the night into day, the light as near in the presence of darkness.—

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

They change the night into a day: the fight, say they, is near unto the darkness.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I have turned the night into day: The light is short because of darkness.

World English Bible ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World English Bible Classic ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World English Bible Updated ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World Messianic Bible ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

They change the lailah into yom; the ohr is near to choshech, say they.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

يَجْعَلُونَ ٱللَّيْلَ نَهَارًا، نُورًا قَرِيبًا لِلظُّلْمَةِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ညဉ့်သည် ငါ၌ နေကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ ငါ့အလင်းသည် မှောင်မိုက်နှင့် နီးစပ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ညဉ့် သည် ငါ၌ နေ့ ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၍၊ ငါ့အလင်း သည် မှောင်မိုက် နှင့် နီးစပ် ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hae kaminawk mah aqum to khodai ah paqoi o moe, khoving naah khodai loe zoi boeh, tiah thuih o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Khoyin te khothaih la a khueh tih, a hmuep tom te vangnah neh a yoei sak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

他们以黑夜为白昼， 说：亮光近乎黑暗。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

他們以黑夜為白晝， 說：亮光近乎黑暗。

World Chinese Bible ☆

他们把黑夜变为白昼， 面对黑暗却说：‘亮光近了。’

Croatian Bible ☆

'U noći najcrnjoj, dan se približava; blizu je već svjetlo što tminu izgoni.'

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Noc mi obracejí v den, a světla denního ukracují pro přítomnost temností.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Natten gør jeg til Dag, Lyset for mig er Mørke;

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Den nacht verstellen zij in den dag; het licht is nabij den ondergang vanwege de duisternis.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Men maakt een dag van de nacht, Van duisternis het morgenlicht!

Esperanto Bible ☆

La nokton ili volas fari tago, La lumon alproksimigi al la mallumo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Ils font de la nuit le jour, la lumière proche en présence des ténèbres.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Ils changent la nuit en jour; ils disent la lumière proche, en face des ténèbres!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et ils prétendent que la nuit c’est le jour, Que la lumière est proche quand les ténèbres sont là!

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Ils changent la nuit en jour, ils disent : ‹ La lumière est proche › face aux ténèbres.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Die Nacht machen sie zum Tage, das Licht nahe vor lauter Finsternis.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Sie wollen aus der Nacht Tag machen und aus dem Tage Nacht.

German Textbibel ☆

Nacht wollen sie zum Tage machen, Licht soll mir näher sein als Finsternis.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Die Nacht machen sie zum Tag; das Licht sei nahe, nicht die Finsternis!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους·

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Νύκτα εἰς ἡμέραν ἔθηκα, φῶς ἐγγὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σκότους.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yo pretann lannwit se lajounen. Lè fènwa, yo di limyè a pa lwen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua hoololi lakou i ka po i ao, O ka malamalama, ua pokole ia no ka pouli.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

לַ֭יְלָה לְיֹ֣ום יָשִׂ֑ימוּ אֹ֝֗ור קָרֹ֥וב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

לילה ליום ישימו אור קרוב מפני חשך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

La notte mi è cangiata in giorno, La luce è di presso seguita dalle tenebre.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

e costoro pretendon che la notte sia giorno, che la luce sia vicina, quando tutto è buio!

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

彼らは夜を昼だと言い、 闇を前にして、『光は近い』と言う。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

그들은 밤으로 낮을 삼고 빛이 어두운데 가깝다 하는구나

Kosraean Bible ☆

A mwet kawuk luk uh fahk mu fong uh kalem; Elos fahk mu kalem uh apkuranme, Tusruk nga etu lah nga srakna muta in lohsr.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

شب را به روز تبدیل می‌کنند و باوجود تاریکی می‌گویند روشنایی نزدیک است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eles transformam a noite em dia, dizendo: ‘A luz está perto’, na presença das trevas.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Tornaram a noite em dia; a luz se encurta por causa das trevas.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Ei schimbă noaptea în zi; lumina este de scurtă durată din cauza întunericului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши ей май спун кэ ноаптя есте зи, кэ се апропие лумина, кынд ынтунерикул а ши венит!

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

А они ночь хотят превратить в день, свет приблизить к лицу тьмы.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Od noći načiniše dan, i svetlost je blizu mraka.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Од ноћи начинише дан, и светлост је близу мрака.

Mashi Bible ☆

Obudufu banabujire mûshi, Obulangashane bunajè hôfi ciru hankabà omwizimya!

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Pusieron la noche por día, y la luz se acorta delante de las tinieblas.

Spanish BLL ☆

Esta gente quiere convertir la noche en día, y dicen: ‘La luz está cerca’, cuando todo está oscuro.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Ellos cambian la noche en día, y dicen que la luz está cerca frente a las tinieblas.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Están cambiando la noche en día; Dicen: La luz está cerca de la oscuridad.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

que solían cambiar la noche en día. La luz está después de la oscuridad.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku nau liliu ʻae pō ko e ʻaho: ʻoku fuonounou ʻae maama ko e meʻa ʻi he fakapoʻuli.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Вони ж (муки мої) роблять із ночі день, а з сьвітла темноту.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Вони ж (муки мої) роблять із ночі день, а з сьвітла темноту.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chúng lấy đêm trở làm ngày; Trước sự tối tăm, chúng nói rằng ánh sáng hầu gần.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃