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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 13

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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
King James Version
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
American Standard Version
These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
New English Translation
There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
World English Bible
"These are of those who rebel against the light. They don't know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
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In the dark they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
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He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned.
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
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He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.