Job 24:14

The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

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

15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying: 'No eye shall see me'; and he putteth a covering on his face.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in secret places doth he slay the innocent; his eyes are on the watch for the helpless.

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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