Job 24:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. dig through —Houses in the East are generally built of sun-dried mud bricks (so ). "Thieves break through," literally, "dig through" ( ). had marked —Rather, as in , "They shut themselves up" (in their houses); literally, "they seal up." for themselves —for their own ends, namely, to escape detection. know not —shun.

Job 24:16

16. dig through—Houses in the East are generally built of sun-dried mud bricks (so Mt 6:19). "Thieves break through," literally, "dig through" (Eze 12:7).

had marked—Rather, as in Job 9:7, "They shut themselves up" (in their houses); literally, "they seal up."

for themselves—for their own ends, namely, to escape detection.

know not—shun.

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