Job 24:16

He breaketh, in the dark, into houses,—By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

15And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

17For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:2If, in the place of breaking in, the thief be found and he is smitten so that he dieth, there is due for him no shedding of blood:

Job 38:12Since thy days [began] hast thou commanded the morning? or caused the dawn to know its place;

Ezekiel 12:12Yea, the Bearer who is in their midst, Upon his shoulder, shall lift it. In thick darkness, shall he go forth, Through the wall, shall they break to bear forth through it,— His face, shall he cover, to the end that, his own eye, may not see the land.

Matthew 24:43But there is, one thing, ye know—That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

Ephesians 5:11And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

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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