Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- 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 the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light. 17 For the morning is to them like the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of death.
Cross References
John 3:20
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, no blood shall be shed for him.
Job 24:13
They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.
Job 38:12-13
Have you commanded the morning from your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Dig through the wall before their eyes, and carry out through it.
Ezekiel 12:12
And the king who is among them shall carry burdens on his shoulder in the dark, and shall go out. They shall dig through the wall to carry out by it. He shall hide his face so that he does not see the ground with his eye.
Matthew 6:19
Do not lay up treasures on earth for yourselves, where moth and rust corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal.
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the steward 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 dug through.
Ephesians 5:11-13
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.