JOB 24:16 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) They dig into people’s houses in the dark,
 ⇔ but they stay hidden away during the day—
⇔ they don’t know what daylight is.

Key: yellow:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT One digs into houses in the darkness;
⇔ by day they shut themselves up;
⇔ they do not know the light.

UST During the night, robbers find ways to get into other people’s houses and steal things.
⇔ But during the day, they stay in their own homes.
⇔ They do not like being out where it is light.

BSB In the dark they dig through houses;
⇔ by day they shut themselves in,
⇔ never to experience the light.

OEB In the darkness they break into houses;
⇔ They shut themselves up in the day-time;
⇔ For all of them hate the light.

WEB In the dark they dig through houses.
⇔ They shut themselves up in the daytime.
⇔ They don’t know the light.

NET In the dark the robber breaks into houses,
 ⇔ but by day they shut themselves in;
 ⇔ they do not know the light.

LSV He has dug in the darkness—houses; By day they shut themselves up,
They have not known light.

FBV Thieves break into houses during the night and they sleep during the day. They don't even know what the light is like!

T4T It is during the night that robbers break into houses to steal things,
⇔ but during the day they hide because they want to avoid being seen in the light.

LEB • by day they shut themselves in— • they do not know the light

BBE In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

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

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

DRA He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

YLT He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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

RV In the dark they dig through houses: they shut themselves up in the daytime; they know not the light.

WBS In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

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

BB In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light.
(In the darke they digge through houses, which they marked for themselves in the day time: they know not the light.)

GNV They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.
(They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselves in the day: they know not the light. )

CB In the night season they search the houses, and hyde them selues in the daye tyme, but wil not knowe ye light
(In the night season they search the houses, and hyde themselves in the day time, but will not know ye/you_all light)

WYC Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
(They mynen houses in darkness, as they said together to them self in the dai; and they knew not light.)

LUT Im Finstern bricht er zu den Häusern ein. Des Tages verbergen sie sich miteinander und scheuen das Licht.
(Im Finstern bricht he to the Häusern ein. Des Tages verbergen they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves miteinander and scheuen the light.)

CLV Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.[fn]
(Perfodit in darkness domos, like in die condixerant sibi, and ignoraverunt lucem.)

24.16 Perfodit. Domorum nomine, etc., usque ad perversa loqui minime audebant Sicut in. Quia cum justos conspicerent in prosperitate, quoniam loqui non poterant, ad maligna contra eos consilia vacabunt.

24.16 Perfodit. Domorum nomine, etc., usque to perversa lowho minime audebant Sicut in. Quia when/with justos conspicerent in prosperitate, quoniam lowho not/no poterant, to maligna contra them consilia vacabunt.

BRN In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

BrLXX Διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας, ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτοὺς, οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς.
(Diōruxen en skotei oikias, haʸmeras esfragisan heautous, ouk epegnōsan fōs. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

חָתַ֥ר & בָּ֫תִּ֥ים

break_into & houses

The pronoun One refers to a wicked person. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Since, as the rest of the verse shows, Job is actually describing behavior that is characteristic of wicked people in general, you may wish to use a plural term. Alternate translation: “Wicked people dig into houses”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חָתַ֥ר בַּ⁠חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים

break_into in/on/at/with,dark houses

In this culture, houses were made of clay or sun-dried brick, so thieves could gain entry to a house most easily by digging through one of its walls. If houses in your culture are made of different materials that a thief would not or could not dig through, you may wish to use a general expression in your translation. Alternate translation: “Wicked people break into houses”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗⁠מוֹ

shut_~_up themselves,themselves

This expression means ”they stay indoors.“ If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they stay indoors”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר

not know light

This expression means that wicked people are not familiar with light, and the reason is that they do not leave their homes when it is light. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “they do not go out when it is light”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר

not know light

While the word light here is literal, since Job is using it to mean day, there is also a moral overtone, as in verse 13, where Job said that wicked people rebel against the light, meaning God’s revelation. If your language has a term for “light” that also has these moral connotations, it would be appropriate to use it here in your translation.

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