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


In Context

14 The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

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

16 In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.

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

18 He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth Sheol 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 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.