Job 24:14

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

12 From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

13 “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

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

15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

WEB World English Bible: The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
KJV King James Version: The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
ASV American Standard Version: The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
DBY Darby Translation: The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
WBS Webster Bible: The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.