Job 24:13

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

Revised Version 1895

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

12From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God imputeth it not for folly.

14The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.

Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.

Job 38:15And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm is broken.

Luke 12:47And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

John 8:31Jesus therefore said to those Jews which had believed him, If ye abide in my word, then are ye truly my disciples;

John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they which see not may see; and that they which 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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