Job 24:14

The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

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Cross References

Luke 12:39But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour the thief would come, he would surely watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken open.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall so come, as 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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