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Job 24:16

16  In the dark they ddig through houses;

by day they shut themselves up;

they do not know the light.

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Job 24:16 — The New International Version (NIV)

16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,

but by day they shut themselves in;

they want nothing to do with the light.

Job 24:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

16 In the dark they dig through houses,

Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime:

They know not the light.

Job 24:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)

16 Thieves break into houses at night

and sleep in the daytime.

They are not acquainted with the light.

Job 24:16 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

16 In the dark they break into houses

Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;

They do not know the light.

Job 24:16 — New Century Version (NCV)

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.

Job 24:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)

16 In the dark they dig through houses:

They shut themselves up in the day-time;

They know not the light.

Job 24:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Job 24:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

16 In the dark, they break into houses, 

⸤but⸥ by day they lock themselves in. 

They do not ⸤even⸥ know the light, 

Job 24:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

16 In the dark they break into houses;

by day they lock themselves in,

never experiencing the light.

Job 24:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

16 In the dark they dig through houses;

by day they shut themselves up;

they do not know the light.

Job 24:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

16 He digs through houses in the darkness;

by day they shut themselves in—

they do not know the light

Job 24:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

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.

Job 24:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

16 “In the dark they dig into houses,

They shut themselves up by day;

They do not know the light.


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