Catholic Public Domain Version
"If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light. "
— Job 24:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For 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.”
“For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. ”
“For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.”
“For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.”
“If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.”
“For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.”
“For 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.”
The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.
The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.
If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.
He is nimble on the surface of water. His place on land is to be accursed. May he not walk by way of the vineyards.
May he cross from the snowy waters to excessive heat, and his sin, all the way to hell.
Let mercy forget him. His charm is worms. Let him not be remembered, but instead be broken like an unfruitful tree.