Job 24:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 24:14

12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

14 ^aThe murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

15 ^aThe eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
^bSaying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he¹ disguises his face.

16 In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
^aThey do not know the light.

17 For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

18 “They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.

19 As drought and heat¹ consume the snow waters,
So¹ the grave consumes those who have sinned.

Verse Comparison: Job 24:14

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

Amplified® Bible
The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief.

Contemporary English Version
Soon after sunset they murder the poor and the needy, and at night they steal.

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

Good News Bible
At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.

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

New American Standard Bible
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.

New International Version
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up
and kills the poor and needy;
in the night he steals forth like a thief.

New King James Version
The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he behaves as a thief.

Revised Standard Version
The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

Young's Literal Translation
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

New English Translation
Before daybreak¹ the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is² like a thief.³

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