12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. …
When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; …
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-16)Job’s friends had pretended to comfort him with the hopes of his return to a prosperous estate again; now he here shows, I. That it was their folly to talk so (Job 17:10): “ Return, and come now , be convinced that you are in an error, and let me persuade you to be of my mind; for I cannot find one wise man among you , that knows how to explain the difficulties of God’s providence or how to apply…
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