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Job 24:16

Job 24:16
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime,.... Which some understand of…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

In the dark they dig through houses - This refers, probably, to another class of wicked persons. The adulterer steals…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 24:13-17

These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

which they had marked Rather, they shut (lit. seal) themselves up in the daytime. In the dark the housebreaker digs…