Job 24:14

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 become rebels against the light,—they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.

15And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

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Cross References

Psalms 10:8He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent,—His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:

Luke 12:39But, of this, be taking note—Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.

1 Thessalonians 5:2For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know—that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;

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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