Job Chapter 24 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
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BBE Job 24:16

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.
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DARBY Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
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KJV Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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WBT Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.
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WEB Job 24:16

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
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YLT Job 24:16

He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - In the dark they dig through houses. In ancient times, burglary commonly took this form. Windows were few, and high up in the walls; doors were strongly fastened with bolts and bars. But the walls, being of clay, or rubble, or sun-dried brick, were weak and easily penetrable. This was especially the case with party walls; and if burglars entered an unoccupied house, nothing was easier than to break through the slight partition which separated it from the house next door. The Greek word for "burglar" is τοιχώρυχος" he who digs through a wall." Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; rather, they shut themselves up in the daytime; literally, they seal themselves up; the meaning being that they carefully keep themselves close. Professor Lee, however, defends the Authorized Version. They know not the light; i.e. they avoid it, keep away from it, will have nothing to do with it.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime.--Or, as some understand, they seal (i.e., shut) themselves up in the daytime. It is said that it is still the custom in Eastern cities for such persons to endeavour to obtain access to the harem in female attire.They know not the light.--Compared with Job 24:13, shows strongly the different usage of the expression in the two cases.