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Job 24:14 Cross-References
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“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”
Job 24:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy—Job catalogs violent crimes beginning at dawn. The Hebrew rotseach (רֹצֵחַ, murderer) refers to premeditated killing, distinct from accidental manslaughter. The phrase "rising with the light" (יָקוּם לָאוֹר) depicts predators who hunt at daybreak when victims are vulnerable. Job's point cuts deep: the wicked exploit the defenseless poor (ani, עָנִי) and needy (evyon, אֶבְיוֹן)—those without social protection. This contradicts the retribution theology Job's friends espouse.In the night is as a thief—The same murderer operates nocturn...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 24:14
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“and repent. If therefore you won't watch”
“he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.”
“For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.”
“they practice it”
“Be not ye therefore partakers with them.”
“that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming”
“that David wrote a letter to Joab”