Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He
And at night he is as a thief.
King James Version
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Holman Bible
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
International Standard Version
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.
A Conservative Version
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
American Standard Version
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Amplified
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
Bible in Basic English
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
Darby Translation
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Julia Smith Translation
The murderer will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.
King James 2000
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{At dusk} the murderer rises; he kills [the] needy and [the] poor, and in the night he is like a thief.
Modern King James verseion
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Timely in the morning do they arise, to murder the simple and poor, and in the night they go a stealing.
NET Bible
Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
New Heart English Bible
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
The Emphasized Bible
With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
Webster
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
World English Bible
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
Youngs Literal Translation
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Themes
Early rising » For devotions » To do evil
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Light » Divided into » Natural
Murder » Often committed by night
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Straying » Who strays from the right path
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
13
They are among those that rebel against the light; they have never known its ways nor abided in its paths.
14
He
And at night he is as a thief.
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:14-17
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
Psalm 10:8-10
He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places he murders the innocent: his eyes are secretly set against the poor.
Micah 2:1-2
Woe unto those that devise iniquity and fabricate evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they put it into effect because they have power in their hands.
Luke 12:39
And know this: that if the husband of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Ephesians 5:7-11
Be not ye, therefore, partakers with them.
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For ye know well that the day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.
Revelation 3:3
Remember, therefore, of that which thou hast received and heard and hold to it and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come to thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.