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Job 24:14

Justice

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

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

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

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

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

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
KJV
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
WEB
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
ASV
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
DARBY
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
BLB
At light the murderer arises; he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
ÅB
Før dag står morderen opp, slår ihjel den som er arm og fattig, og om natten er han som tyven.
OTB
Morderen står opp ved daggry;
Han dreper de fattige og de trengende,
Og om natten oppfører han seg som en tyv.
B1930
Før dag står morderen op, slår ihjel den som er arm og fattig, og om natten er han som tyven.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

    For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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  • Micah 2:1–2

    Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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  • Revelation 3:3

    Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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  • Psalms 10:8–10

    He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

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  • Ephesians 5:7–11

    Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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  • Luke 12:39

    And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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  • 2 Samuel 11:14–17

    And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.

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