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Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 24:14 · King James Version

In other versions

  • The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

    ASV

  • He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

    BBE

  • The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    DBY

  • The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

    WEB

  • At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

    YLT

  • The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    ENG

  • The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

    WBT

  • When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

    BSB

In context

12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

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.

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