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."
— Job 24:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”
“The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. ”
“The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.”
“Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.”
“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.”
“He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.”
“The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”
They take their midday rest among the stockpiles of those who, though they have trodden the winepresses, suffer thirst.
In the cities, they caused the men to groan and the spirit of the wounded to cry out, and so God does not allow this to go unpunished.
They have been rebellious against the light; they have not known his ways, nor have they returned by his paths.
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.
The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.
If sunrise should suddenly appear, it is treated by them like the shadow of death; and they walk in darkness, as if in light.