Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [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
King James 2000
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not 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 And [the] eye of [the] adulterer waits for dusk, saying, {'No eye will see me,'} and he places a covering [on his] face. 16 He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light 17 because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.
Cross References
John 3:20
For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
Exodus 22:2-3
" 'If a thief is found in the act of breaking in and he is struck and he dies, there is not bloodguilt for him.
Job 24:13
"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.
Job 38:12-13
"Have you {ever in your life} commanded [the] morning? Have you made the dawn know its place,
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Before their eyes dig through for yourself, through the wall, and you must bring [the baggage] out through it.
Ezekiel 12:12
And the prince who [is] in the midst of them, on [his] shoulder he will carry [the baggage] in the dusk, and he will go out; {the wall will be dug through} to bring him through it; and he will cover his face so that he will not see the land with his eye.
Matthew 6:19
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and consuming [insect] destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Matthew 24:43
But understand this: that if the master of the house had known what watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into.
Ephesians 5:11-13
And do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather even expose [them].