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


In Context

14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

16 He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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

18 Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

19 Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol those who 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 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.