Job 24:16
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He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

in the dark

Exodus 22:2,3 If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood. . . .

Ezekiel 12:5-7,12 Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it. . . .

Matthew 24:43 But this know ye, that, if the goodman of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would certainly watch and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

they know

Job 24:13 They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

Job 38:12,13 Didst thou since thy birth command the morning, and shew the dawning of the day its place? . . .

John 3:20 For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

Ephesians 5:11-13 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather reprove them. . . .

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face. 16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.…
Cross References
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.

John 3:20
For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

Lexicon
In the dark
בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ (ba·ḥō·šeḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

they dig through
חָתַ֥ר (ḥā·ṯar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

houses;
בָּ֫תִּ֥ים (bāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

by day
יוֹמָ֥ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3119: Daytime, by day

they shut themselves in,
חִתְּמוּ־ (ḥit·tə·mū-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up

never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to experience
יָ֥דְעוּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the light.
אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 216: Illumination, luminary


Additional Translations
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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

In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

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

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

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

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

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