Holy Scripture
Job 24:16
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“In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day time; they know not the light. For what is there here denoted by the title of 'houses' but consciences, wherein we dwell, when we do any thing, busying ourselves with it? Whence it is said to one on being healed, Return to thine own h…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
16In darkness he digs through houses: By day they conceal themselves securely: They know not the light.
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14But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: And in the night one will be as a thief:
15And the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, Saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
— Job 24:16 —
17For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, For each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
18He is swift on the face of the water: Let his portion be cursed on the earth; And let their plants be laid bare.