Job 24:14
“The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe.”
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Job 24:14 Context
12Men groane from out of the city, and the soule of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. 13They are of those that rebell against the light, they know not the wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes thereof. 14The murderer rising with the light, killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16In the darke they digge through houses which they had marked for themselues in the day time: they know not the light.
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Other Translations for Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
- King James Version
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
- Basic English Bible
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
- Darby Bible
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
- Webster's Bible
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
- World English Bible
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 24:14
24:14 Poor - Where he finds nothing to satisfy his covetousness, he exercises his cruelty.