Job 24:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"In the darkבַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ
(ba·cho·shech)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
they digחָתַ֥ר
(cha·tar)
2864: to dig, rowa prim. root
into houses,בָּ֫תִּ֥ים
(bat·tim)
1004: a housea prim. root
They shutחִתְּמוּ־
(chit·te·mu-)
2856: to seal, affix a seal, seal upa prim. root
themselves up by day;יֹומָ֥ם
(yo·v·mam)
3119: daytime, by dayfrom yom
They do not knowיָ֥דְעוּ
(ya·de·'u)
3045: to knowa prim. root
the light.אֹֽור׃
(o·vr.)
216: a lightfrom or


















KJV Lexicon
In the dark
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
they dig through
chathar  (khaw-thar')
to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars -- dig (through), row.
houses
bayith  (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
which they had marked
chatham  (khaw-tham')
to close up; especially to seal -- make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.
for themselves in the daytime
yowmam  (yo-mawm')
daily -- daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
they know
yada`  (yaw-dah')
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially
not the light
'owr  (ore)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
In the dark, they break into houses, [but] by day they lock themselves in. They do not [even] know the light,

King James 2000 Bible
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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