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Job 24:16

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

KJV

Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.

Vulgate

διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας· ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτούς, οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς·

LXX

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

ASV

חָתַ֥ר בַּ/חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ לָ֗/מוֹ לֹא יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
חֲתָר
chtr
verb · 8×
חֹ֔שֶׁךְ
chshk
noun · 80×
יַחְתֹּֽם
ychtm
verb · 27×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יוֹמָ֣ם
yvmm
noun · 50×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
  • John 3:20 — For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.