Job 17:12

darkness. Hebrew. hashak. See note on Job 3:6.

Related Commentaries of Job 17:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They change - The word “they” in this place, some understand as referring to his friends; others, to his thoughts. Rosenmuller supposes it is to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They change the (m) night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness. (m) That is, have brought me sorrow instead of comfort.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 16:22 to Job 17:16 . Job pleads in favour of his prayer for Divine vindication, that death is before him and he has no hope, if he must now...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. They change the night into day - These purposes and thoughts are so very gl...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The thoughts of my heart, &c.— The gnawings of my heart ( Job 17:12 .) causeth it to be night instead of day; the light is short in comparis...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. They - namely, my friends-would change the night into day; would asse...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Fourth Speech (concluded) 1-9. Job prays God to pledge Himself to vindicate his innocence in the future, for his friends have failed him, an...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They change the night into day. — Comp. Job 11:17 . So little did his friends enter into his case that they wanted him to believe that his night o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XIV. "MY WITNESS IN HEAVEN" Job 16:1-22 ; Job 17:1-16 Job SPEAKS IF it were comforting to be told of misery and misfortune, to hear the doom...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Bars of Sheol” Job 17:1-16 Job's continued complaint of his friends, Job 17:1-9 He avows that he could bear his awful calamities if onl...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job was in the midst of difficulties. About him were mockers, none of whom understood him. He was become "a byword of the people." There was no "wise...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(11) My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. (12) They change the night into day: the light is short because of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They change the night into day ,.... Meaning either his friends, by what they had said unto him, or the thoughts of his heart, which comes to the sa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They change the night into day: the light [is] short because of darkness. Ver. 12. They change the night into day ] i.e. My troubled thoughts re...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They change the night into day My distressing thoughts, griefs, and fears, so incessantly pursue and disturb me, that I can no more sleep in the ni...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job has much more to say than his friends had, and we may marvel at the detailed way in which he describes his present condition in contrast to what...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They; either, 1. My friends. Or, 2. My sorrows, of which he is here speaking. Or, 3. My thoughts, last mentioned. Possibly these words may be...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ I. Bemoans his dying condition ( Job 17:1 ). “My breath is corrupt (or, ‘my spirit or vital energy is de...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 17:1 . My breath is corrupt. Schultens reads, corruptus est spiritus meus: “My spirit is corrupt, my days are extinct, the sepulchre is my r...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 17:1-18 The general character of this chapter has been considered in the introductory section to Job 16:1-18 . It is occupi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job's Hopelessness in his Affliction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They change the night into day, namely, such joyous plans for life as his friends held before him; the light is short because of darkness, in the p...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:67 ; Job 24:14-16 ; Job 7:13 ; Job 7:14 ; Job 7:3 ; Job 7:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — My thoughts so incessantly pursue and disturb me, that I can no more sleep in the night, than in the day. The light — The day — light, which...

¹² They change the night into day: the light is shortg because of darkness.

Related Commentaries of Job 17:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 17:12