Job 24:14

Modern

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Traditional

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

Literal

At light the murderer arises; he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.

Latin

Mane primo consurgit homicida; interficit egenum et pauperem: per noctem vero erit quasi fur.

Hebrew

English

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).

1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Revelation 3:3
Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
Psalm 10:8–10
He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Micah 2:1–2
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
2 Samuel 11:14–17
The next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
Ephesians 5:7–11
Therefore do not be partakers with them.
Luke 12:39
But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.