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16 Robbers go into people's homes in the dark
    to take away their things.
But they stay inside during the day.
    They never go out in the light.
17 They all like to do evil things at night,
    rather than in the light of morning.
They are not afraid of things that happen in the dark,
    as other people are.

18 You may say, “Floods of water carry away wicked people.[a]
    God curses the land that belongs to them.
    Nobody goes to work in their vineyards.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:18 In verses 18–24, Job seems to be repeating things that his friends have been saying. They are not things that he himself agrees with.