Job 24:13
These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
Job 38:15And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm is broken.
Luke 12:47And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,
John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →