13 [a]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.
14 The murderer (A)arises at dawn;
He (B)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is like a thief.
15 The eye of the (C)adulterer watches for [b]twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he [c]disguises his face.
16 In the darkness they (D)dig into houses,
They (E)shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
17 For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the (F)terrors of thick darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:13 Lit They
  2. Job 24:15 Lit the twilight
  3. Job 24:15 Or puts a covering on his face

13 These are of them that rebel against the light;
They know not the ways thereof,
Nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer riseth with the light;
He killeth the poor and needy;
And in the night he is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
Saying, No eye shall see me:
And he [a]disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses:
[b]They shut themselves up in the day-time;
They know not the light.
17 For [c]the morning is to all of them as thick darkness;
For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

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  1. Job 24:15 Or, putteth a covering on his face
  2. Job 24:16 Or, Which they had marked for themselves
  3. Job 24:17 Or, thick darkness is to all of them as the morning; For they etc.