Job 24:16 Hebrew Word Analysis

0they dig throughחָתַ֥רh2864
1In the darkבַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְh2822
2housesבָּ֫תִּ֥יםh1004
3for themselves in the daytimeיוֹמָ֥םh3119
4which they had markedחִתְּמוּh2856
5לָ֗מוֹh0
6לֹאh3808
7they knowיָ֥דְעוּh3045
8not the lightאֽוֹר׃h216

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

Webster's Bible (WBT)

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

World English Bible (WEB)

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.