English Standard Version
Job 24:13
13"There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
Job 24:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)“There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways or stay in its paths.
Context of Job 24:13
11among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst. 12From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong. "There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. 14The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief. 15The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:13 word by word
הֵ֤מָּה׀ הָיוּ֮ בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־א֥וֹר לֹֽא־הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:13
- Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
- John 3:19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
- John 9:39Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind."
- John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Romans 1:32Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
- Romans 2:17But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God
- James 4:17So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble.
- John 12:35So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
- Romans 3:11no one understands; no one seeks for God.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
- Job 23:11My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside.
- John 8:31So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
- John 15:6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.
- 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
Commentaries on Job 24:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13They - rebel against the light - Speaking of wicked men. They rebel against the light of God in their consciences, and his light in his word. They are tyrants in grain, and care neither for God nor the poor. They know not the ways thereof - they will not learn their duty to God or man. Nor abide in the paths thereof - if brought at any time to a better mind, they speedily relapse; and are steady only in cruelty and mischief. This is the character of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13They are of those that rebel against the light - That is, they hate the light: compare John 3:20. It is unpleasant to them, and they perform their deeds in the night. Job here commences a reference to another class of wicked persons - those who perform their deeds in the darkness of the night; and he shows that the same thing is true of them as of those who commit crimes in open day, that God does not interpose directly to punish them. They are suffered…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
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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
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