Job 24:14 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”

Job 24:14 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Job 24:14 in 6 Bible Translations

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Job 24:14 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

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

Job 24:14 — World English Bible

Job 24:14 ASV — 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.”

Job 24:14 — American Standard Version

Job 24:14 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.”

Job 24:14 — Young's Literal Translation

Job 24:14 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief. ”

Job 24:14 — Darby Translation

Job 24:14 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The murtherer riseth earely and killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.”

Job 24:14 — Geneva Bible

Job 24:14 in Context — Job 24

12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

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What Does Job 24:14 Mean?

Job 24:14 is a verse from the Book of Job, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Job chapter 24. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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