These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
Job 24:14 - Tree of Life Version The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night 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. |
These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding.
Adonai will enter into judgment with the elders of His people and with the princes: “You have devoured the vineyard. The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
But understand this, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
For you yourselves know very well that the Day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.
So remember what you have received and heard—keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come upon you.