Job 24:14

The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13They have been rebellious against the light; they have not known his ways, nor have they returned by his paths.

15The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

Luke 12:39But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves thoroughly understand that the day of the Lord shall arrive much like a thief in the night.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:14-18

Present Impunity of Transgressors. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 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. 17 For the morning is to… Read the whole commentary →

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