Job 24:13

They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

In Context

12Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

14The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20And rising in the dead time of the night, she took my child from my side, while I thy handmaid was asleep, and laid it in her bosom: and laid her dead child in my bosom.

Job 24:16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

Job 38:15From the wicked their light shall be taken away, and the high arm shall be broken.

Luke 12:47And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

John 8:31Then Jesus said to those Jews, who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed.

John 9:39And Jesus said: For judgment I am come into this world; that they who see not, may see; and they who see, may 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 →

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