Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes 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.

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
The murderer
רצח 
Ratsach 
Usage: 47

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 The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.
14 The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
15 The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.


Cross References

2 Samuel 11:14-17

The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

Psalm 10:8-10

He waits in ambush near the villages;
he kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

Micah 2:1-2

Woe to those who dream up wickedness
and prepare evil plans on their beds!
At morning light they accomplish it
because the power is in their hands.

Luke 12:39

But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.

Ephesians 5:7-11

Therefore, do not become their partners.

1 Thessalonians 5:2

For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.

Revelation 3:3

Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. But if you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come against you.

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