14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief.


In Context

11 They crush olives among the terraces ; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

12 The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

13 "There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.

14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief.

15 The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.

16 In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.

Job 24:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:14The 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:14The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.