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at night he is a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the afflicted and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The murderer rises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he becomes a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Soon after sunset they murder the poor and the needy, and at night they steal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The murderer rises at the light, "" He slays the poor and needy, "" And in the night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The murderer will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and needy; in the night he acts like a thief. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The murderer arises at daylight, and kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the light stands a killer and he kills the poor and the afflicted and is as a thief by night<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3730" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: lā·’ō·wr (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">When daylight is gone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7523.htm" title="7523: rō·w·ṣê·aḥ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To murder, slay. A primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. Kill, especially to murder.">the murderer</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qūm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">rises</a> <a href="/hebrew/6991.htm" title="6991: yiq·ṭāl- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To slay. A primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. put to death.">to kill</a> <a href="/hebrew/6041.htm" title="6041: ‘ā·nî (Adj-ms) -- Poor, afflicted, humble. From anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">the poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/34.htm" title="34: wə·’eḇ·yō·wn (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- In want, needy, poor. From 'abah, in the sense of want; destitute.">and needy;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: ū·ḇal·lay·lāh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">in the night</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yə·hî (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">he is</a> <a href="/hebrew/1590.htm" title="1590: ḵag·gan·nāḇ (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- A thief. From ganab; a stealer.">like a thief.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-11.htm">Proverbs 1:11-12</a></span><br />If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, / let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1</a></span><br />Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a></span><br />And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Psalm 10:8-9</a></span><br />He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. / He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a></span><br />Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a></span><br />But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12-13</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Hosea 6:9</a></span><br />Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-52.htm">Luke 22:52-53</a></span><br />Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw? / Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on Me. But this hour belongs to you and to the power of darkness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Proverbs 4:16-17</a></span><br />For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall. / For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-4</a></span><br />For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. / While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. / But you, brothers, are not in the darkness so that this day should overtake you like a thief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/64-5.htm">Psalm 64:5-6</a></span><br />They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. / They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10</a></span><br />“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.</p><p class="hdg">murderer</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/11-14.htm">2 Samuel 11:14-17</a></b></br> And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent <i>it</i> by the hand of Uriah… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Psalm 10:8-10</a></b></br> 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 poor… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1,2</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="hdg">in the night</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/12-39.htm">Luke 12:39</a></b></br> And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2</a></b></br> For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/3-3.htm">Revelation 3:3</a></b></br> Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/24-4.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Arises</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/24-5.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/17-9.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/job/20-16.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/job/5-2.htm">Killeth</a> <a href="/job/9-23.htm">Kills</a> <a href="/job/24-13.htm">Light</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-31.htm">Murderer</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Need</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/job/24-7.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/24-10.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/job/16-8.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/job/16-8.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/job/24-5.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/job/20-16.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/exodus/22-1.htm">Steals</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-6.htm">Thief</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/27-2.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/job/30-12.htm">Arises</a> <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/38-12.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Daylight</a> <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Death</a> <a href="/job/26-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Gets</a> <a href="/psalms/34-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-25.htm">Killeth</a> <a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Kills</a> <a href="/job/24-16.htm">Light</a> <a href="/hosea/9-13.htm">Murderer</a> <a href="/job/28-18.htm">Need</a> <a href="/job/29-16.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/29-12.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Purposing</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Rises</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/job/41-25.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/psalms/10-8.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/job/27-20.htm">Steals</a> <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Thief</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When daylight is gone</b><br>This phrase highlights the cover of darkness as a time when evil deeds are often committed. Biblically, darkness is frequently associated with sin and moral corruption (<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>). The absence of light symbolizes the absence of God's presence and truth, as seen in <a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2-3</a>, where God brings light into the darkness. The imagery of darkness also serves as a metaphor for spiritual blindness and ignorance (<a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a>).<p><b>the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy</b><br>This part of the verse underscores the vulnerability of the poor and needy, who are often victims of injustice and violence. Throughout Scripture, God expresses a deep concern for the marginalized and oppressed (<a href="/psalms/82-3.htm">Psalm 82:3-4</a>, <a href="/proverbs/31-8.htm">Proverbs 31:8-9</a>). The act of murder here is not just a physical crime but also a moral and spiritual transgression against God's commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-13.htm">Exodus 20:13</a>). The targeting of the poor and needy reflects a societal failure to protect those who are most defenseless, a theme echoed in the prophetic literature where God condemns nations for their mistreatment of the vulnerable (<a href="/isaiah/1-17.htm">Isaiah 1:17</a>, <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12</a>).<p><b>in the night he is like a thief</b><br>The comparison to a thief emphasizes the stealth and deceit involved in the actions of the wicked. Thieves operate under the cover of night to avoid detection, symbolizing the secretive nature of sin (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:2-4</a>). This imagery is used by Jesus in the New Testament to describe His unexpected return, urging believers to remain vigilant and morally upright (<a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43-44</a>). The thief's actions are a direct violation of the commandment against stealing (<a href="/exodus/20-15.htm">Exodus 20:15</a>) and reflect a broader theme of lawlessness and disregard for God's order.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and questions the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_murderer.htm">The Murderer</a></b><br>Represents those who commit acts of violence and injustice, particularly against the vulnerable.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_poor_and_needy.htm">The Poor and Needy</a></b><br>Symbolizes the marginalized and defenseless individuals in society who are often victims of exploitation and violence.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/night.htm">Night</a></b><br>A metaphorical time representing evil deeds and the concealment of sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/daylight.htm">Daylight</a></b><br>Symbolizes truth, righteousness, and the exposure of evil.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin.htm">The Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often seeks the cover of darkness to hide its shameful acts. Believers are called to live in the light, exposing and rejecting sinful behaviors.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/protection_of_the_vulnerable.htm">Protection of the Vulnerable</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to protect and advocate for the poor and needy, standing against those who would exploit or harm them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptiveness_of_evil.htm">The Deceptiveness of Evil</a></b><br>Evil can be deceptive, appearing harmless or hidden. Christians must be vigilant and discerning, relying on God's wisdom to recognize and combat sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_righteousness.htm">The Call to Righteousness</a></b><br>We are encouraged to live transparently and righteously, allowing our actions to reflect the light of Christ in a dark world.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice.htm">God's Justice</a></b><br>While evil may seem to prevail temporarily, God's justice will ultimately prevail. Believers can trust in God's timing and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_satan's_other_names.htm">What are the different names for Satan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_stoning_contradict_'do_not_kill'.htm">Does the prescribed stoning for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:14) contradict the Sixth Commandment against killing (Exodus 20:13)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_eliphaz_claim_innocents_don't_perish.htm">In Job 4:7, how could Eliphaz assert that no innocent person has ever perished when history shows countless examples of righteous people suffering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_occurs_following_death.htm">What occurs following death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">With the light.</span>--The mention of light as a moral essence suggests its physical analogue, so that by the contrast of the one with the violence done to the other, the moral turpitude of the wrong-doing is heightened. It seems impossible to interpret the light in the former case (<a href="/job/24-13.htm" title="They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.">Job 24:13</a>) otherwise than morally, and if so, the mention of the "ways thereof" and the "paths thereof" is very remarkable. The order in which these crimes of murder, adultery, and theft are mentioned according, as it does, with that in the <span class= "ital">Decalogue, </span>is, at all events, suggestive of acquaintance with it.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy</span>. The murderer rises at the first glimpse of dawn - the time when mast men sleep most soundly. He cannot go about his wicked business in complete darkness. He has not the courage to attack the great and powerful, who might be well armed and have retainers to defend them, but enters the houses of a comparatively poor class, in which he is less afraid to risk himself. Here, in the night he is as a thief. He has not come into the house simply for murder. Theft is his main object. He will not take life unless he is resisted or discovered, and so, in a certain sense, driven to it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When daylight [is gone],</span><br /><span class="heb">לָא֡וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the murderer</span><br /><span class="heb">רוֹצֵ֗חַ</span> <span class="translit">(rō·w·ṣê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7523.htm">Strong's 7523: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dash in pieces, kill, to murder</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rises</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֘ק֤וּם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to kill</span><br /><span class="heb">יִֽקְטָל־</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·ṭāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6991.htm">Strong's 6991: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut off, put to death</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the poor</span><br /><span class="heb">עָנִ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6041.htm">Strong's 6041: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and needy;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶבְי֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eḇ·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_34.htm">Strong's 34: </a> </span><span class="str2">In want, needy, poor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the night</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇal·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he is</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהִ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like a thief.</span><br /><span class="heb">כַגַּנָּֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḵag·gan·nāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1590.htm">Strong's 1590: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stealer</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-14.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:14 The murderer rises with the light (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>