They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 24:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 In the dark they dig through houses, Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: They know not the light. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In the dark, they dig through [the penetrable walls of] houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the sunlight. American Standard Version (1901) In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. Common English Bible In the dark they break into houses; they shut themselves in by day; they don’t know the light. Catholic Public Domain Version He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves: and they have not known the light. |
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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 carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.