Job 24:16

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:2If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

Job 38:12Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place?

Ezekiel 12:12And the prince that is in the midst of them, shall be carried on shoulders, he shall go forth in the dark: they shall dig through the wall to bring him out: his face shall be covered, that he may not see the ground with his eyes.

Matthew 24:43But know this ye, that if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

Ephesians 5:11And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:14-18

Present Impunity of Transgressors. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to… Read the whole commentary →

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