Job 24:16

חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ ־ לָמוֹ לֹא ־ יָדְעוּ אֽוֹר ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

15וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָֽה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא ־ תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים ׃

17כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּֽי ־ יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 22:2אִם ־ זָרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עָלָיו דָּמִים לוֹ שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם אִם ־ אֵין לוֹ וְנִמְכַּר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ ׃

Job 38:12הְֽמִיָּמֶיךָ צִוִּיתָ בֹּקֶר ידעתה שחר מְקֹמֽוֹ ׃

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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