Parallel Verses

Amplified


“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.

New American Standard Bible

Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

King James Version

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Holman Bible

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

International Standard Version

"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.

A Conservative Version

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.

American Standard Version

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

Bible in Basic English

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

Darby Translation

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Julia Smith Translation

They were among the rebels of light; they knew not his ways, and they dwelt not in his beaten paths.

King James 2000

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Those are among [the ones] rebelling [against the] light; they do not recognize his ways, and they do not stay in his paths.

Modern King James verseion

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

whereas they, notwithstanding, are rebellious and disobedient enemies: which seek not his light and way, nor turn again in to his path.

NET Bible

There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

New Heart English Bible

"These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, nor abide in its paths.

The Emphasized Bible

They, have become rebels against the light, - they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.

Webster

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in 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.

Youngs Literal Translation

They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרד 
Marad 
Usage: 25

אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

נכר 
Nakar 
Usage: 49

not the ways
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

in the paths
נתבה נתיבה נתיב 
Nathiyb 
Usage: 26

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

12
“From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;
Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
13 
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.
14
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.


Cross References

John 3:19-20

This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

Job 23:11-12


“My feet have carefully followed His steps;
I have kept His ways and not turned aside.

Proverbs 4:19


The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.

Luke 12:47-48

And that servant who knew his master’s will, and yet did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will be beaten with many lashes [of the whip],

John 8:31

So Jesus was saying to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you abide in My word [continually obeying My teachings and living in accordance with them, then] you are truly My disciples.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

John 9:39-41

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment [to separate those who believe in Me from those who reject Me—to declare judgment on those who choose to be separated from God], so that the sightless would see, and those who see would become blind.”

John 12:35

So Jesus said to them, “The Light is among you [only] a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness will not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going [he is drifting aimlessly].

John 12:40

He has blinded their eyes and He hardened their heart, to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their heart and being converted; otherwise, I [their God] would heal them.”

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken off] branch, and withers and dies; and they gather such branches and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

John 15:22-24

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

Romans 1:32

Although they know God’s righteous decree and His judgment, that those who do such things deserve death, yet they not only do them, but they even [enthusiastically] approve and tolerate others who practice them.

Romans 2:17-24

But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely on the Law [for your salvation] and boast in [your special relationship to] God,

Romans 3:11-17


There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God.

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].

James 4:17

So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world by [personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition has become worse for them than the first.

1 John 2:19

They went out from us [seeming at first to be Christians], but they were not really of us [because they were not truly born again and spiritually transformed]; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out [teaching false doctrine], so that it would be clearly shown that none of them are of us.

Jude 1:6

And angels who did not keep their own designated place of power, but abandoned their proper dwelling place, [these] He has kept in eternal chains under [the thick gloom of utter] darkness for the judgment of the great day,

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