These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
Job 24:16 - Tree of Life Version When it is dark, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know 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. |
These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
The prince who is among them will bear a burden on his shoulder, and go out in the darkness. They will dig through the wall to get out; he will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes.
But know this, that if the master of the house had known what time the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and not let his house be broken into.
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.