King James Version
Job 24:14 in the King James Version says “The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.” — study this verse from Job chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. disguiseth: Heb. setteth his face in secret
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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“with the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“rising”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“The murderer”
H7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e., kill (a human being), especially to murder
“and in the night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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