Job 17:12 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

These [thoughts] extend from the night into the day, [so that] the light is short because of darkness.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

These [thoughts] extend from the night into the day, [so that] the light is short because of darkness.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

My friends say, “It is day,” when it is still night. They do not know the difference between light and dark.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Everything is confused— night is day, and evening comes when it should be dawn.

They make night into day; 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But my friends say night is daylight; they say that light is near, but I know I remain in darkness.

English God's Word - GW 1995

You say that night is day. Light has nearly become darkness.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They turned night into day and [made] light [seem] near in the face of darkness.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Such men change the night into day; where there is darkness they talk of approaching light.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

These men change night into day; they say, ‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

People like you turn night into day. Even though it's dark you say, 'Light is nearby.'

English NIV

These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'

English NKJ 1982

They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.

English NLT

They say that night is day and day is night; how they pervert the truth!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They make night into day; 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They make night into day; ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

They say that night is day and day is night; how they pervert the truth!

English Tyndale 1537

changing the night in to day, and the light into darkness.

Job 17:12 — Compare Translations