The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognise its ways or stay on its paths.
Job 24:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, And in the night is as a thief. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief. American Standard Version (1901) The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. Common English Bible The murderer rises at twilight, kills the poor and needy; at night, they are like a thief. Catholic Public Domain Version The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The 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 wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognise its ways or stay on its paths.
They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.
The Lord brings this charge against the elders and leaders of his people: ‘You have devastated the vineyard. The plunder from the poor is in your houses.
But know this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come upon you.