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 them, the morning light is like the shadow of death itself. If someone recognizes who they really are, they experience the same terrors as being in death's shadow.
The writer is describing how wicked people fear the light of day because it exposes their evil deeds, making them as terrified as if they were facing death.
📚 Historical Context
Job is speaking about evildoers who work under cover of darkness - thieves, murderers, and adulterers who commit their crimes at night. In ancient times, dawn represented justice, exposure, and divine judgment, while darkness provided cover for wrongdoing. Job is pointing out the irony that while most people welcome the morning light, those who do evil dread it because it reveals their actions.
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