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 watch for twilight. They say, ‘No one is watching us,’ as they cover their faces. 16In the dark, they break into houses, ⌞but⌟ by day they lock themselves in. They do not ⌞even⌟ know the light, because morning and deep darkness are the same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. 18Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards. 19⌞Just as⌟ drought and heat steal water from snow, so the grave steals people who sin.

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 3:5Let the darkness and long shadows claim it as their own. Let a dark cloud hang over it. Let the gloom terrify it.
• Psalms 73:18You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin.
• Jeremiah 2:26“As a thief feels ashamed when he’s caught, so the nation of Israel will feel ashamed. Their kings, princes, priests, and prophets will also feel ashamed.
• 2 Corinthians 5:10All of us must appear in front of Christ’s judgment seat. Then all people will receive what they deserve for the good or evil they have done while living in their bodies.
• Revelation 6:16They said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the lamb,

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