12 turn night into day;

in the face of the darkness light is near.

12 They change the night into day:

The light is short because of darkness.

12 These men say that night is day;

they claim that the darkness is light.

12 They change the night into day;

‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.

12 These men think night is day;

when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near.’

12 They change the night into day:

The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

12 They change the night into day; the light they imagine near in presence of the darkness.

12 You say that night is day. 

Light has nearly become darkness. 

12 They turned night into day

and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

12 They make night into day;

‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’

12 They make night into day,

saying, ‘Light is near to darkness.’

12 People like you turn night into day.

Even though it’s dark you say,

‘Light is nearby.’

12 “They make night into day, saying,

‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.