The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
WEB
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
YLT
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
DBT
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJob — The canonical wisdom-literature interrogation of undeserved suffering. A prose frame enclosing three cycles of dialogue, a late Elihu interrupt, and a whirlwind theophany that does not answer the question — it relativizes it.
- Author
- Anonymous. Talmudic tradition names Moses (Bava Batra 14b); internal features (patriarchal setting, no Mosaic Law reference, Job sacrificing as family head, *qesitah* currency of Gen 33:19) suggest patriarchal-era composition or at least tradition-origin.
- Date
- Traditional: patriarchal period, c. 2000–1800 BC. Critical proposals scatter across pre-exilic to post-exilic. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer takes the position.