What does Job 24:17 mean?

Job 24:17 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 24:17 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

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