In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
All Commentaries on Job 24:16 Go To Job 24
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Themselves. The band of robbers had marked out their prey. (Haydock)
Hebrew, "In the day time they lie concealed, and know not the light. "(Calmet)
Septuagint, or rather Theodotion, from whom ver. 15 to 17., is taken, "They have sealed themselves up during the day. "If we should read eautois, Hebrew lamo, we might translate as well "they marked them out for themselves. "(Haydock)
The adulterer had made is his arrangement with the faithless woman, when he should break into the house. (Menochius)
