Job 24:14

Job 24:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
• New International Version (NIV)When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.

Context of Job 24:14

12In the cities, people who are dying cry with pain. They call for help, but God does not punish the people who have hurt them. 13Some people refuse to live in the light. They do not understand it. They do not go along the good way that it shows to them. Murderers rob people when it is still dark. They kill poor, weak people during the night. 15Adulterers wait until it is becoming dark. They think that no one will see them. They cover their faces so that no one will recognize them. 16Robbers go into people's homes in the dark to take away their things. But they stay inside during the day. They never go out in the light.

Job 24:14 word by word

לָא֡וֹר יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י כַגַּנָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The murdererרָצַחrâtsach · to murderH7523
• risingקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• with the lightאוֹר'ôr · lightH216
• killethקָטַלqâţal · to slayH6991
• the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• and needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• and in the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• is as a thiefגַּנָּבgannâb · thiefH1590

Cross-references for Job 24:14

• 2 Samuel 11:14In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab. Uriah took the letter to Joab.
• Psalms 10:8He hides near the villages, so that he can jump out and catch people. He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill. He murders people who have done nothing wrong.
• Micah 2:1Micah continues: People who prepare to do bad things should be afraid. God will do bad things to them! While they lie in bed, they think about bad things to do. Then, when the morning comes, they do those bad things. They have the authority to do whatever they want to do.
• Ephesians 5:7So keep away from those kinds of people.
• Luke 12:39You can be sure about this. The master of a house does not know when a man might come to rob him. If he knew the time, he would keep awake. He would not let the robber come into his house and take away his things.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well about how the great day of the Lord will happen. That day will surprise people very much, like when a robber comes in the night.
• Revelation 3:3So remember God's message that you have heard. Obey what God has said. Turn away from the wrong things that you do. Change the way that you live. If you do not wake up, I will come to punish you. I will come secretly, like someone who robs people. So you will not know what time I will come to you.

Commentaries on Job 24:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14The murderer rising with the light - Perhaps the words should be read as Mr. Good has done: - With the daylight ariseth the murderer; Poor and needy, he sheddeth blood. This description is suitable to a highwayman; one who robs in daylight, and who has been impelled by poverty and distress to use this most unlawful and perilous mode to get bread; and for fear of being discovered or taken, commits murder, and thus adds crime to crime. In the night is as a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The murderer - One of the instances, referred to in the previous verse, of those who perform their deeds in darkness. Rising with the light - Hebrew לאור lā'ôr Vulgate “Mane primo - in the earliest twilight.” The meaning is, that he does it very early; by daybreak. It is not in open day, but at the earliest dawn. Killeth the poor and needy - Those who are so poor and needy that they are obliged to rise early and go forth to their toil. There is a double…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 13-17 See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass, and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 24:14

• Homicide
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Assassination
• Job, Book of
• Poor

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary