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Job 24:17

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.
Job 24:17 · King James Version

In other versions

  • For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

    ASV

  • For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.

    BBE

  • For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

    DBY

  • For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

    WEB

  • When together, morning `is' to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

    YLT

  • 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.

    ENG

  • 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.

    WBT

  • For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

    BSB

In context

15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

17For 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.

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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