Job 24:16
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
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in the dark

Exodus 22:2, 3
If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed. . . .

Ezekiel 12:5-7, 12
While they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it. . . .

Matthew 24:43
But understand this: If the owner of the house had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

they know

Job 24:13
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

Job 38:12, 13
In your days, have you commanded the morning or assigned the dawn its place, . . .

John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Ephesians 5:11-13
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

International Standard Version
They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.

NET Bible
In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
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