Parallel Verses
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 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 of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: 'No eye will see me.' Then he disguises his face.
16
They
They do not know the light.
Cross References
John 3:20
Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come to the light because his works would be reproved.
Exodus 22:2-3
If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account.
Job 24:13
There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
Job 38:12-13
Have you ever commanded the morning, or shown the dawn its place?
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Dig a hole through the wall of your house, as they watch, and leave through it.
Ezekiel 12:12
The prince who is among you will put his bags on his shoulders in the dark and leave. People will dig holes in the wall to go through. The prince will cover his face so that he cannot see the land.'
Matthew 6:19
Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on earth. This is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal.
Matthew 24:43
Know this, if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his house would not have been vandalized.
Ephesians 5:11-13
Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.