Job 24:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.

Young's Literal Translation
He hath dug in the darkness—houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

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

Hebrew
In the dark
בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ (ba·ḥō·šeḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

they dig through
חָתַ֥ר (ḥā·ṯar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

houses;
בָּ֫תִּ֥ים (bāt·tîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

by day
יוֹמָ֥ם (yō·w·mām)
Adverb
Strong's 3119: Daytime, by day

they shut themselves in,
חִתְּמוּ־ (ḥit·tə·mū-)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2856: To seal, affix a seal, seal up

never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

to experience
יָ֥דְעוּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

the light.
אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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