“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
Job 24:14 - Revised Standard Version The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as 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. |
“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of his people: “It is you who have devoured the vineyard, the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
But know this, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have left his house to be broken into.
For you yourselves know well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Remember then what you received and heard; keep that, and repent. If you will not awake, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.