Job 24:14

With the earliest light riseth the murderer, he slayeth the poor and needy, and in the night he becometh like the thief.

Leeser Tanakh

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

13Yon men are of those that rebel against the light: they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

15And the eye of the adulterer watcheth for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and placeth a covering on his face.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes search for the unfortunate.

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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