Job 24:16
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
חָתַר
châthar
to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, in...
Study H3045 →Cross References
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the g...
But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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