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job_17:12

Job 17:12

Hebrew
לַ֭יְלָה לְי֣וֹם יָשִׂ֑ימוּ א֝֗וֹר קָר֥וֹב מִפְּנֵיplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigפָנִים

hebrew

Meaning:

* Face * Presence * Front or surface

Noun. Masculine. Although it looks plural in form (ending in -ים), it is almost always used as a singular in meaning - a type of plural of intensity or plural of form common in Hebrew for body parts that come in pairs or have multiple aspects.
חֹֽשֶׁךְ
ESV
They make night into day; 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'
NIV
These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'
NLT
These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light.
LXX
KJV
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Job 17:11 ← Job 17:12 → Job 17:13

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