Job 24:13

They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

Young's Literal Translation

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

12Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

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Cross References

1 Kings 3:20and she riseth in the middle of the night, and taketh my son from beside me — and thy handmaid is asleep — and layeth it in her bosom, and her dead son she hath laid in my bosom;

Job 24:16He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

Job 38:15And withheld from the wicked is their light, And the arm lifted up is broken.

Luke 12:47'And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

John 8:31Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

John 9:39And Jesus said, 'For judgment I to this world did come, that those not seeing may see, and those seeing 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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