job 24:17 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.

job 24:17 "For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

17. They shrink from the "morning" light, as much as other men do from the blackest darkness ("the shadow of death").
if one know--that is, recognize them. Rather, "They know well (are familiar with) the terrors of," &c. [UMBREIT]. Or, as MAURER, "They know the terrors of (this) darkness," namely, of morning, the light, which is as terrible to them as darkness ("the shadow of death") is to other men.

job 24:17 "For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

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