Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
New American Standard Bible
They
They do not know the light.
King James Version
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Holman Bible
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.
International Standard Version
They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.
A Conservative Version
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
American Standard Version
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Amplified
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Darby Translation
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
Julia Smith Translation
To break through houses in darkness in the day they shut up for themselves: they knew not light
King James 2000
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He digs through houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves in-- they do not know [the] light
Modern King James verseion
In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
In the night season they search the houses, and hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know the light.
NET Bible
In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
New Heart English Bible
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
The Emphasized Bible
He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, - By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
Webster
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
World English Bible
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
Youngs Literal Translation
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
Themes
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Secret sins » Warnings against
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Interlinear
Bayith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
15 And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about; 16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light. 17 For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
Cross References
John 3:20
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.
Job 24:13
Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
Job 38:12-13
Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Make a hole in the wall, before their eyes, and go out through it.
Ezekiel 12:12
And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.
Matthew 6:19
Make no store of wealth for yourselves on earth, where it may be turned to dust by worms and weather, and where thieves may come in by force and take it away.
Matthew 24:43
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
Ephesians 5:11-13
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;