Sinai LogoSinai

Job 24:14

American Standard Version

The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

Read all of Job 24Open in the Sinai app

Job 24:14 in other translations

The murderer rises with the light.
He kills the poor and needy.
In the night he is like a thief.

Job 24:14 · World English Bible

Job 24:14 in context

  1. 12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
  2. 13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
  3. 14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
  4. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
  5. 16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.