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


In Context

14 The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

16 He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

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

18 He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

19 Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

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 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.

The American 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.