Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
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 Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them. 14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need. 15 And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:14-17
Now in the morning, David gave Uriah a letter to take to Joab.
Psalm 10:8-10
He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.
Micah 2:1-2
A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.
Luke 12:39
But be certain of this, that if the master of the house had had knowledge of the time when the thief was coming, he would have been watching, and would not have let his house be broken into.
Ephesians 5:7-11
Have no part with such men;
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves have the knowledge that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Revelation 3:3
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.