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Job 24:13
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job addresses his companions while documenting the visible injustice of the world, noting that perpetrators of violence operate with impunity. He identifies a specific group that actively rejects moral clarity and operates outside established boundaries.
The words — מֹרְדֵי (mordei) means "those who rebel against," and דְרָכָיו (derakhav) translates to "its ways." These terms describe a deliberate abandonment of recognized moral guidance rather than accidental ignorance.
The thread — This pattern of rejecting light and walking in darkness appears in John 3:19, where humanity prefers darkness to the Light. Proverbs 4:19 contrasts this with the wicked who do not know what causes them to stumble, while Jude 1:6 records angels who abandoned their proper dwelling.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that moral failure begins with a conscious choice to ignore established guidance. It requires the reader to examine whether they are navigating by known paths or deliberately moving away from them.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Cross-references
- John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
- Proverbs 4:19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
- Jude 1:6 And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- John 9:39 Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”
- 2 Peter 2:20 If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
- 1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
- John 8:31 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
- John 12:35 Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.