Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
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.
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
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
13
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.
Names
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 kills the innocent in secret places.
His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;
Micah 2:1-2
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Luke 12:39
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
Revelation 3:3