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Job 24:16

American Standard Version

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

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Job 24:16 in other translations

In the dark they dig through houses.
They shut themselves up in the daytime.
They don’t know the light.

Job 24:16 · World English Bible

Job 24:16 in context

  1. 14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
  2. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
  3. 16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
  4. 17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
  5. 18Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.