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Job 24:13 KJV
Job · chapter 24 · verse 13
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.Job 24:13 · King James Version
Job 24:13 in context
11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
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Key words (Strong's)
- rebelmâradto rebelH4775 →
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- abideyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- knownâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
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These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel against the light, Job 24:13. Some understand it figuratively: they sin against the light of nature, the light of God's law, and that of their own consciences;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-17