Verse 12

They change{H7760}{(H8799)} the night{H3915} into day{H3117}: the light{H216} is short{H7138} because{H6440} of darkness{H2822}.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:67 : 67 In the morning{H1242} thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, Would God it were{H5414}{(H8799)} even{H6153}! and at even{H6153} thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, Would God it were{H5414}{(H8799)} morning{H1242}! for the fear{H6343} of thine heart{H3824} wherewith thou shalt fear{H6342}{(H8799)}, and for the sight{H4758} of thine eyes{H5869} which thou shalt see{H7200}{(H8799)}.
• Job 7:3-4 : 3 So am I made to possess{H5157}{(H8717)} months{H3391} of vanity{H7723}, and wearisome{H5999} nights{H3915} are appointed{H4487}{(H8765)} to me. 4 When I lie down{H7901}{(H8804)}, I say{H559}{(H8804)}, When shall I arise{H6965}{(H8799)}, and the night{H6153} be gone{H4059}? and I am full{H7646}{(H8804)} of tossings to and fro{H5076} unto the dawning of the day{H5399}.
• Job 7:13-14 : 13 When I say{H559}{(H8804)}, My bed{H6210} shall comfort{H5162}{(H8762)} me, my couch{H4904} shall ease{H5375}{(H8799)} my complaint{H7879}; 14 Then thou scarest{H2865}{(H8765)} me with dreams{H2472}, and terrifiest{H1204}{(H8762)} me through visions{H2384}:
• Job 24:14-16 : 14 The murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} rising{H6965}{(H8799)} with the light{H216} killeth{H6991}{(H8799)} the poor{H6041} and needy{H34}, and in the night{H3915} is as a thief{H1590}. 15 The eye{H5869} also of the adulterer{H5003}{(H8802)} waiteth{H8104}{(H8804)} for the twilight{H5399}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, No eye{H5869} shall see{H7789}{(H8799)} me: and disguiseth{H5643}{H7760}{(H8799)} his face{H6440}. 16 In the dark{H2822} they dig through{H2864}{(H8804)} houses{H1004}, which they had marked{H2856}{(H8765)} for themselves in the daytime{H3119}: they know{H3045}{(H8804)} not the light{H216}.