Job 24:14
What does Job 24:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 11:14
And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
- Luke 12:39
But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.
- Psalms 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; In the secret places doth he murder the innocent; His eyes are privily set against the helpless.
- Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
- Ephesians 5:7
Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
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