Job 24:16 · KJV
“In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”
— Job 24:16
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth {his} face. {disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret}
For the morning {is} to them even as the shadow of death: if {one} know {them, they are in} the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 24 — Context
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth {his} face. {disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret}
16In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17For the morning {is} to them even as the shadow of death: if {one} know {them, they are in} the terrors of the shadow of death.
18He {is} swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Cross References
John 3:20
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. {reproved: or, discovered}
Ephesians 5:11-13
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.
Job 38:12-13
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; {and} caused the dayspring to know his place;
Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Ezekiel 12:5-7
Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. {Dig...: Heb. Dig for thee}
Job 24:13
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Exodus 22:2-3
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, {there shall} no blood {be shed} for him.
Matthew 24:43
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.