16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,

but by day they shut themselves in;

they want nothing to do with the light.

16 In the dark they dig through houses,

Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime:

They know not the light.

16 Thieves break into houses at night

and sleep in the daytime.

They are not acquainted with the light.

16 In the dark they break into houses

Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;

They do not know the light.

16 In the dark, evil people break into houses.

In the daytime they shut themselves up in their own houses,

because they want nothing to do with the light.

16 In the dark they dig through houses:

They shut themselves up in the day-time;

They know not the light.

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

16 In the dark, they break into houses, 

⸤but⸥ by day they lock themselves in. 

They do not ⸤even⸥ know the light, 

16 In the dark they break into houses;

by day they lock themselves in,

never experiencing the light.

16 In the dark they dig through houses;

by day they shut themselves up;

they do not know the light.

16 He digs through houses in the darkness;

by day they shut themselves in—

they do not know the light

16 In the dark, people break into houses.

But by day they shut themselves in.

They don’t want anything to do with the light.

16 “In the dark they dig into houses,

They shut themselves up by day;

They do not know the light.