God’s Word Translation
Job 24:16
16In the dark, they break into houses, ⌞but⌟ by day they lock themselves in. They do not ⌞even⌟ know the light,
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
14At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves. 15Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, ‘No one is watching us,’ as they cover their faces. In the dark, they break into houses, ⌞but⌟ by day they lock themselves in. They do not ⌞even⌟ know the light, 17because morning and deep darkness are the same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. 18Such people are like scum on the surface of the water. Their property is cursed in the land. People do not travel the road that goes to their vineyards.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:16 word by word
חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:16
- Exodus 22:2“If anyone catches a thief breaking in and hits him so that he dies, he is not guilty of murder.
- Ezekiel 12:5Dig a hole through the wall of your house, and leave through it.
- Matthew 24:43You realize that if a homeowner had known at what time of the night a thief was coming, he would have stayed awake. He would not have let the thief break into his house.
- Job 24:13“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths.
- Job 38:12“Have you ever given orders to the morning or assigned a place for the dawn
- John 3:20People who do what is wrong hate the light and don’t come to the light. They don’t want their actions to be exposed.
- Ephesians 5:11Have nothing to do with the useless works that darkness produces. Instead, expose them for what they 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
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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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