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

14Murderers rob people when it is still dark. They kill poor, weak people during the night. 15Adulterers wait until it is becoming dark. They think that no one will see them. They cover their faces so that no one will recognize them. Robbers go into people's homes in the dark to take away their things. But they stay inside during the day. They never go out in the light. 17They all like to do evil things at night, rather than in the light of morning. They are not afraid of things that happen in the dark, as other people are. 18You may say, “Floods of water carry away wicked people. God curses the land that belongs to them. Nobody goes to work in their vineyards.

Job 24:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• In the darkחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• they dig throughחָתַרchâthar · to digH2864
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• they had markedחָתַםchâtham · to sealH2856
• for themselves in the daytimeיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• they knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• not the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216

Cross-references for Job 24:16

• Exodus 22:2Perhaps someone may catch a robber as he goes into another person's house. The owner of the house might knock down the robber so that he dies. If this happens at night, the owner of the house is not guilty of murder.
• Ezekiel 12:5While the people are watching, dig a hole in the wall of your house. Go out through the hole and carry your things with you.
• Matthew 24:43You can be sure about this. The master of a house does not know at what time of night a man would come to rob him. If he knew the time, he would watch his house more carefully. He would not let the robber come into his house and take away his things.
• Job 24:13Some people refuse to live in the light. They do not understand it. They do not go along the good way that it shows to them.
• Job 38:12But you, Job, did you ever command the morning to begin? No! You have never in your whole life told the sun when it should rise.
• John 3:20Everyone who does evil things hates the light. A person like that will not come to the light because he is afraid. He does not want the bad things that he has done to show clearly.
• Ephesians 5:11People whose minds are in the dark do things that have no good purpose. Keep away from wrong things like that. Instead, show how bad those things really are.

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
• Dwell
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Dig
• 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