Job 24:13-17

World English Bible

¹³“These are of those who rebel against the light.
    They don’t know its ways,
    nor stay in its paths.
¹⁴The murderer rises with the light.
    He kills the poor and needy.
    In the night he is like a thief.
¹⁵The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
    He disguises his face.
¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses.
    They shut themselves up in the daytime.
    They don’t know the light.
¹⁷For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness,
    for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

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Job 24:13-17

New Living Translation

¹³“Wicked people rebel against the light.
    They refuse to acknowledge its ways
    or stay in its paths.
¹⁴The murderer rises in the early dawn
    to kill the poor and needy;
    at night he is a thief.
¹⁵The adulterer waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
    He hides his face so no one will know him.
¹⁶Thieves break into houses at night
    and sleep in the daytime.
    They are not acquainted with the light.
¹⁷The black night is their morning.
    They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.

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Job 24:13-17

New International Version

¹³“There are those who rebel against the light,^(A)
    who do not know its ways
    or stay in its paths.^(B)
¹⁴When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
    kills^(C) the poor and needy,^(D)
    and in the night steals forth like a thief.^(E)
¹⁵The eye of the adulterer^(F) watches for dusk;^(G)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’^(H)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
¹⁶In the dark, thieves break into houses,^(I)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.^(J)
¹⁷For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors^(K) of darkness.^(L)