Verse Comparison: Job 24:16
American Standard Version
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
Amplified® Bible
In the dark, they dig through [the penetrable walls of] houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the sunlight.
Contemporary English Version
Robbers hide during the day, then break in after dark because they reject the light.
Darby English Version
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
Good News Bible
At night thieves break into houses, but by day they hide and avoid the light.
King James Version
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
New American Standard Bible
"In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.
New International Version
In the dark, men break into houses,
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.
New King James Version
In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
They do not know the light.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"In the dark they dig into houses, They do not know the light.
Revised Standard Version
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.
Young's Literal Translation
He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.