Bible verse
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
Job 24:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 24.
13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21 They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
KJV
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.
ASV
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
ERV
For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
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