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

12Those dying in the city groan. Wounded people cry for help, but God pays no attention to their prayers. 13“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths. At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves. 15Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, ‘No one is watching us,’ as they cover their faces. 16In the dark, they break into houses, ⌞but⌟ by day they lock themselves in. They do not ⌞even⌟ know 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 and sent it with Uriah.
• Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
• Micah 2:1How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.
• Ephesians 5:7Don’t be partners with them.
• Luke 12:39“Of course, you realize that if the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let him break into his house.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
• Revelation 3:3So remember what you received and heard. Obey, and change the way you think and act. If you’re not alert, I’ll come like a thief. You don’t know when I will come.

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