13 These are they that abhor the [a]light: they know not the ways thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.

14 The murderer riseth early, and killeth the poor and the needy: and in the night he is as a thief.

15 The eye also of the [b]adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and saith, None eye shall see me, and disguiseth his face.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:13 That is, God’s word, because they are reproved thereby.
  2. Job 24:15 By these particular vices and the licence thereunto, he would prove that God punished not the wicked, and rewardeth the just.

13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.

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