Job 24:14
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief."
Word-by-Word Analysis
רָצַח
râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
נָכָה
nâkâh
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
רָצַח râtsach
properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder
Study H7523 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →Cross References
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon th...
And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
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