Job 24:17

Job 24:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Job 24:17

15Adulterers wait until it is becoming dark. They think that no one will see them. They cover their faces so that no one will recognize them. 16Robbers go into people's homes in the dark to take away their things. But they stay inside during the day. They never go out in the light. They all like to do evil things at night, rather than in the light of morning. They are not afraid of things that happen in the dark, as other people are. 18You may say, “Floods of water carry away wicked people. God curses the land that belongs to them. Nobody goes to work in their vineyards. 19Snow soon disappears when the weather is very hot or very dry. In the same way, death quickly takes away people who do bad things.

Job 24:17 word by word

כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• to them even asיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
• the shadow of deathצַלְמָ֫וֶתtsalmâveth · shadowH6757
• knowנָכַרnâkar · to recognizeH5234
• the terrorsבַּלָּהָהballâhâh · terrorH1091

Cross-references for Job 24:17

• Job 3:5That day should remain in a dark shadow. Clouds should cover it so that everywhere is black.
• Psalms 73:18Yes, I realized that they are in a dangerous place, where they will easily slip. You will cause them to fall down to their death.
• Jeremiah 2:26A robber is ashamed when people catch him. The people of Israel will become ashamed like that. They will all be ashamed of their sins. Their kings, their officers, their priests and their prophets are all guilty.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10Because all of us must go and stand in front of Christ as our judge. He will decide about the things that we have done during our lives here on earth. Whether we have done good things or bad things, we will receive what is right for us.
• Revelation 6:16They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, ‘Fall on us and cover us. Hide us, so that the one who sits on the throne cannot see us. Also hide us from the Lamb who is very angry with us.

Commentaries on Job 24:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death - They dread the light as one does usually the deepest darkness. The morning or light would reveal their deeds of wickedness, and they therefore avoid it. As the shadow of death - As the deepest darkness; see the notes at Job 3:5. If one know them - If they are recognized. Or, more probably, this means “they,” that is, each one of them, “are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death,” or with…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass, and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 24:17

• Adultery
• Homicide
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Shadow of Death
• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary