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13 “Then there are those who rebel against the light;
    they are not acquainted with its ways;
        and they don’t stay on its course.[a]
14 The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy;
    at night, he is like a thief.
15 The adulterer watches for twilight,[b]
    saying, ‘No eye is watching me’
        while he veils his face.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:13 Or path
  2. Job 24:15 Lit. twilight

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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