Job 24:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”
Job 24:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Job 24:16 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Job 24:16 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Job 24:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.”
Job 24:16 — World English Bible
Job 24:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.”
Job 24:16 — American Standard Version
Job 24:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.”
Job 24:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Job 24:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:”
Job 24:16 — Darby Translation
Job 24:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.”
Job 24:16 — Geneva Bible
Job 24:16 in Context — Job 24
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 them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
What Does Job 24:16 Mean?
Job 24:16 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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