Thieves break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light.

盗贼黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖洞；他们白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖洞；他们白日躲藏，并不认识光明。

盗贼夜间挖墙行窃，日间躲藏起来，不想认识光明。

盗贼黑夜挖穿屋子，白天却躲藏起来，他们不想认识光明。

盜賊黑夜挖窟窿；白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖洞；他們白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖洞；他們白日躲藏，並不認識光明。

盜賊夜間挖牆行竊，日間躲藏起來，不想認識光明。

盜賊黑夜挖穿屋子，白天卻躲藏起來，他們不想認識光明。

盜賊在黑暗中挖進人的房屋，白日閉門不出，硬不認識亮光。

行竊者昏夜穿屋、旦晝匿跡、不識光明、

穿窬於昏夜、匿跡於旦晝、不以昭昭為樂、

黑夜穿窬、白晝藏匿、不知何為光明、

In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

In the dark, thieves break into houses. But by day they shut themselves in. They don’t want anything to do with the light.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.

In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

In the darkness they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.

In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day- time; They know not the light.

In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.

In the dark they dig through houses,[ which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

“ Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways or stay in its paths.

“ Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east?Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?

“ If a thief is caught in the act of breaking into a house and is struck and killed in the process, the person who killed the thief is not guilty of murder.But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.“ A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken into.

Dig a hole through the wall while they are watching and go out through it.As they watch, lift your pack to your shoulders and walk away into the night. Cover your face so you cannot see the land you are leaving. For I have made you a sign for the people of Israel.”So I did as I was told. In broad daylight I brought my pack outside, filled with the things I might carry into exile. Then in the evening while the people looked on, I dug through the wall with my hands and went out into the night with my pack on my shoulder.

“ Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal.

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them.It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret.But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them,

“ Even Zedekiah will leave Jerusalem at night through a hole in the wall, taking only what he can carry with him. He will cover his face, and his eyes will not see the land he is leaving.