Job 24:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.”
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“In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:2If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
- Job 24:13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- Job 38:12In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place,
- Ezekiel 12:5As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
- Ezekiel 12:12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
- Matthew 6:19Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
- Matthew 24:43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
- John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
- Ephesians 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
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