Job 24:16

In 11 translations

BSB

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

KJV

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

WEB

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

ASV

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

LSV

He has dug in the darkness—houses; By day they shut themselves up, || They have not known light.

YLT

He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

DBY

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

DRC

He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

GNV

They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.

JPS

In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.

LXXE

In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

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WLC

חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃

LXX-Br

Διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας, ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτοὺς, οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς.

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• John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
• Ephesians 5:11–13Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything…
• Ezekiel 12:5–7As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it. And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have…
• Exodus 22:2–3If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed. But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he…
• Job 38:12–13In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?
• Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
• Job 24:13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
• Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
• Ezekiel 12:12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

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