Job 17:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

ℹ️

About this Translation

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
KJV text basis: Employs the classic King James Version wording known for formal equivalence and literary style.
Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

✅ Strengths

Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Students of biblical languages
Pastors and teachers
Serious Bible students
Researchers needing lexical linkage
Readers preferring KJV tradition

Consider alternatives for

New believers
Casual devotional reading
Children and young readers
English language learners

🔄 Compare with

ESVNASBNIVCSBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Deut 28:67 : 67 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.
Job 7:3-4 : 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint; 14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
Job 24:14-16 : 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 5:14
80%
14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job 24:16-17
2 verses
79%
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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.
Job 17:11
79%
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
Job 17:13
79%
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Ps 139:11-12
2 verses
78%
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Job 10:21-22
2 verses
77%
21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Job 3:4-6
3 verses
76%
4Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Amos 5:20
76%
20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Job 24:13-14
2 verses
75%
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 18:5-6
2 verses
75%
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job 3:8-9
2 verses
75%
8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
Job 23:17
75%
17Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face.
Job 12:22
74%
22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Eccl 12:2-3
2 verses
74%
2While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
Prov 4:19
74%
19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Jer 13:16
74%
16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Prov 7:9
74%
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
Job 38:19
74%
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Isa 17:14
73%
14And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.
Lam 3:2
73%
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
Isa 8:22
73%
22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Rom 13:12
73%
12The night is far spent , the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Job 12:25
73%
25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
Ps 74:16
73%
16The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared{H8689)} the light and the sun.
Ps 104:20
73%
20Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
Zech 14:6
73%
6And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Isa 5:30
73%
30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.
Mic 3:6
73%
6Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Job 19:8
73%
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Ezek 32:8
72%
8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Lam 3:6
72%
6He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
Job 17:7
72%
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Job 29:3
72%
3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Amos 8:9
72%
9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
Ps 18:28
72%
28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Isa 13:10
72%
10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Joel 3:15
72%
15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Job 4:20
72%
20They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
John 12:35
72%
35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
Job 7:4
72%
4When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
John 11:10
72%
10But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.