Parallel Verses
King James 2000
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
New American Standard Bible
They
They do not know the light.
King James Version
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Holman Bible
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.
International Standard Version
They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.
A Conservative Version
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
American Standard Version
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Amplified
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Bible in Basic English
In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
Darby Translation
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
Julia Smith Translation
To break through houses in darkness in the day they shut up for themselves: they knew not light
Lexham Expanded Bible
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light
Modern King James verseion
In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In the night season they search the houses, and hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know the light.
NET Bible
In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
New Heart English Bible
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
The Emphasized Bible
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, - By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
Webster
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
World English Bible
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
Themes
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Secret sins » Warnings against
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Interlinear
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one recognizes them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
Cross References
John 3:20
For everyone that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he dies, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Job 24:13
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.
Job 38:12-13
Have you commanded the morning since your days began; and caused the dawn to know its place;
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry out your belongings through it.
Ezekiel 12:12
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to go out through it: he shall cover his face, so that he sees not the ground with his eyes.
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the owner of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
Ephesians 5:11-13
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.