Psalm 104:22
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22 When the sun rises, they withdraw
and lie down in their dens.
Job 37:8
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8 Then the animals go into their lairs
and remain in their dens.(A)
John 3:20
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20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed.(A)
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Nahum 3:17
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17 Your guards are like grasshoppers,
your scribes like swarms[a] of locusts
settling on the fences
on a cold day—
when the sun rises, they fly away;
no one knows where they have gone.
Footnotes
- 3.17 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 24:13-17
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13 “There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways
and do not stay in its paths.(A)
14 The murderer rises at dusk
to kill the poor and needy
and in the night is like a thief.(B)
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
and he disguises his face.(C)
16 In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.(D)
17 For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.(E)
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