Albert Barnes Commentary Job 24:13

"These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof." — Job 24:13 (ASV)

They are of those that rebel against the light - That is, they hate the light . It is unpleasant to them, and they perform their deeds in the night. Job here begins a reference to another class of wicked persons—those who perform their deeds in the darkness of the night. He shows that the same thing is true of them as of those who commit crimes in open day: God does not interpose directly to punish them. They are allowed to live in prosperity.

This should be rendered, “Others hate the light,” or “There are those also who are rebellious against the light.” There is great force in the declaration that those who perform deeds of wickedness in the night are “rebels” against the light of day.

They do not know its ways - They do not see it. They work in the night.

Nor abide in its paths - In the paths that the light makes. They seek out paths on which the light does not shine.