Parallel Verses

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

The murderer rises at dawn
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
with the light
אור 
'owr 
Usage: 122

קטל 
Qatal 
Usage: 3

the poor
עני 
`aniy 
Usage: 75

and needy
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

and in the night
לילה ליל ליל 
Layil 
Usage: 233

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

13 There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. 14 “The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: 'No eye will see me.' Then he disguises his face.

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:14-17

The next morning, David wrote a letter and told Uriah to deliver it to Joab.

Psalm 10:8-10

He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. He searches for victims.

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

Luke 12:39

Know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

Ephesians 5:7-11

Do not be partakers with them.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you know perfectly that the Day of Jehovah will come like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14)

Revelation 3:3

Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If you do not stay awake, I will come to you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come to you.

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