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13 “Those are among the ones rebelling against the light;
they do not recognize his ways,
and they do not stay in his paths.
14 At dusk[a] the murderer rises;
he kills the needy and the poor,
and in the night he is like a[b] thief.
15 And the eye of the adulterer waits for dusk,
saying, ‘No eye will see me,’[c]
and he places a covering on his face.
16 He digs through houses in the darkness;
by day they shut themselves in—
they do not know the light
17 because morning likewise is to them deep darkness;
indeed, they know about the terrors of deep darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:14 Literally “At the light”
  2. Job 24:14 Or “the”
  3. Job 24:15 Literally “‘An eye will not see me’”

Sinners’ conduct

13 They rebel against light,
    don’t acknowledge its direction,
    don’t dwell in its paths.
14 The murderer rises at twilight,
    kills the poor and needy;
    at night, they are like a thief.
15 The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
    thinking, No eye can see me,
    and puts a mask over his face.
16 In the dark they break into houses;
    they shut themselves in by day;
    they don’t know the light.
17 Deep darkness is morning to them
    because they recognize the horror of darkness.

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