Job 24:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.”
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“When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:14 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 11:14The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
- Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Micah 2:1Woe 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.
- Luke 12:39But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not be partakers with them.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Revelation 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
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