Job 24:16

Job 24:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
• New International Version (NIV)In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.

Context of Job 24:16

14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. 17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. 18Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:16 word by word

חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• digחָתַרchâthar · to digH2864
• housesבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Job 24:16

• Exodus 22:2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.
• Ezekiel 12:5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
• Matthew 24:43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
• Job 24:13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
• Job 38:12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place;
• John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
• Ephesians 5:11and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

Commentaries on Job 24:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16In the dark they dig through houses - Thieves in Bengal very frequently dig through the mud wall and under the clay floors of houses, and, entering unperceived, plunder them while the inhabitants are asleep. Mr. Good's version of this paragraph I shall lay before the reader: - Job 24:15; For the dark too watcheth the eye of the adulterer; Exclaiming, No eye shall behold me. Then putteth he the muffler on his face; Job 24:16; He wormeth into houses amidst…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16In the dark they dig through houses - This refers, probably, to another class of wicked persons. The adulterer steals forth in the night, but it is not his way to “dig” into houses. But the persons here referred to are robbers, who conceal themselves by day, and who at night secretly enter houses for plunder. The phrase “dig through” probably has reference to the fact that houses were made of clay, or of bricks dried in the sun - a species of mud…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass, and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 24:16

• Adultery
• Homicide
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Covering
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• Tread
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• Job, Book of

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary