16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.


In Context

13 They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

14 The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

15 The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

16 He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

17 If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

18 He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

Job 24:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.