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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Job 24:16

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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dig through--Houses in the East are generally built of sun-dried mud bricks (so Mat 6:19). "Thieves break through," literally, "dig through" (Eze 12:7). had marked--Rather, as in Job 9:7, "They shut themselves up" (in their houses); literally, "they seal up." for themselves--for their own ends, namely, to escape detection. know not--shun.
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