“They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Job 17 contains 16 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.