New International Version
In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

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

Berean Study Bible
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

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

English Revised Version
In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.

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

World English Bible
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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