Job 24:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:16 — KJV
“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.”
— Job 24:16 (KJV)
Job 24:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:16
“And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. wells: or, cisterns fruit...: Heb. tree of food”
Shares key themes with Job 24:16: dig, houses, themselves
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. straight: Heb. into straightness”
Shares key themes with Job 24:16: dark, know, light
“And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. digged: Heb. digged for me”
Shares key themes with Job 24:16: dig, through, light
“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 ground with his eyes.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:16: dig, through, light
“He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:16: dark, know, light
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