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.


In Context

14 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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

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

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.

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

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

Job 24:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:17For all of them, deep darkness is their morning ; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:17For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.