¹² They change the night into day; 'The light is near,' they say, in the face of darkness.

¹² Night for day they appoint, Light 'is' near because of darkness.

¹² They change the night into day,
saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

¹² They make night into day: 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'[1]

¹² These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light.