New Living Translation
Job 24:17
17The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
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
15The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him. 16Thieves break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light. The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness. 18“But they disappear like foam down a river. Everything they own is cursed, and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards. 19The grave consumes sinners just as drought and heat consume snow.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:17 word by word
כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:17
- Job 3:5Let the darkness and utter gloom claim that day for its own. Let a black cloud overshadow it, and let the darkness terrify it.
- Psalms 73:18Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.
- Jeremiah 2:26“Israel is like a thief who feels shame only when he gets caught. They, their kings, officials, priests, and prophets— all are alike in this.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
- Revelation 6:16And they cried to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath 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
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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
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