Job 24:13
Others hate the light; They know not its ways, And abide not in its paths.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12From anguish the dying groan, And the wounded cry aloud; And God regardeth not their prayer!
14With the light ariseth the murderer; He killeth the poor and needy; In the night he is as a thief.
Cross References
Job 24:16In the dark they break into houses; In the daytime they shut themselves up; They are strangers to the light.
Job 38:15But from the wicked their light is withheld, And the high-raised arm is broken.
Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his lord's will, and did not make ready, nor do according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes;
John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed in him, If ye continue in my word, ye are truly my disciples;
John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not might see, and that they 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 →