Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
New American Standard Bible
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, 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 with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as 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.
Jubilee 2000 Bible
The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the 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.
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 21 Translations in Job 24:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
13 They, have become rebels against the light, - they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof. 14 With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief. 15 And, 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;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:14-17
And so it was, in the morning, that David wrote a letter unto Joab, - and sent it by the hand of Uriah;
Psalm 10:8-10
He abideth in the lurking-place of villages, In the hiding-places, he murdereth the innocent, - His eyes, for the unfortunate, are on the watch:
Micah 2:1-2
Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds, - in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.
Luke 12:39
But, 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.
Ephesians 5:7-11
Do not, then, become co-partners with them;
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For, ye yourselves, perfectly well know - that, the day of the Lord, as a thief in the night, so, cometh;
Revelation 3:3
Remember, therefore, how thou hast received, and didst hear, and keep it and repent. If then thou shall not watch, I will have come as a thief, and in nowise shalt thou get to know, during what sort of hour, I will have come upon thee.