Verse List for JOB 24:16

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

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.

OET-LV He _digs _into in_darkness houses by _day they _seal _up for_themselves not they _know light.

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

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • He digs through houses in the darkness;
• 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.

Moff and breaks into houses in the dark; ⇔ thieves keep themselves shut up during the day, ⇔  they all detest the light;

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.

Drby 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.

SLT To break through houses in darkness in the day they shut up for themselves: they knew not light.

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

KJB-1769 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

KJB-1611 In the darke they digge through houses which they had marked for themselues in the day time: they know not the light.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

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

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

Cvdl 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 hide themselves in the daytime, but will not know ye/you_all light)

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

Luth Im Finstern bricht er zu den Häusern ein. Des Tages verbergen sie sich miteinander und scheuen das Licht.
(In_the darkness breaks he to/for the house(s)(n) in. The day hide they/she/them itself/yourself/themselves together and shy_away/shun the light(n).)

ClVg Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.[fn]
(Perfodit in/into/on darkness houses, like in/into/on day condixerant to_himself, and they_did_not_know the_light.)

UHB חָתַ֥ר בַּ⁠חֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗⁠מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃ ‡

BrLXX Διώρυξεν ἐν σκότει οἰκίας, ἡμέρας ἐσφράγισαν ἑαυτοὺς, οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν φῶς.

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