Verse 16
Job 24:16
English Revised Version
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In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.
Original Language Text
hebrew
חָתַ֥ר בַּ/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ לָ֗/מוֹ לֹא יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר
English Translation
He dug in the darkness, in the houses by day; they will not know light.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? and why do not they which know him see his days?
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2
There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
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3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wi...
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They cut their provender in the field; and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
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They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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9
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
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10
So that they go about naked without clothing, and being an-hungred they carry the sheaves;
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11
They make oil within the walls of these men; they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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12
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God (Elohim) im...
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13
These are of them that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the pat...
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14
The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief...
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15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguise...
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16
In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light...
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For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death; for they know the terrors of the shadow of...
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18
He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he turneth not by the...
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19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth Sheol those which have sinned.
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20
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered: and u...
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21
He devoureth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the widow.
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22
He draweth away the mighty also by his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
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23
God (Elohim) giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; and his eyes are upon their ways.
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24
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; yea, they are brought low, they are taken o...
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25
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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