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The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
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The Calculated Nature of Evil
Commentators explain that the murderer's actions are calculated, not random. He rises at a specific time—the early dawn—to prey on the most vulnerable, the poor and needy who must start their day early. Then, under the cover of night, the same person may switch to thievery. This illustrates the deliberate and scheduled nature of evil.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The murderer - One of the instances, referred to in the previous verse, of those who perform their deeds in darkness.
19th Century
Anglican
With the light. —The mention of light as a moral essence suggests its physical analogue, so that by the contrast of the one with t…
Baptist
These are the men who plunder secretly, who rob, yet cannot bear to be known as thieves.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The murderer rising with the light The light of the morning, before the sun is risen, about the time the early trave…
See what care and pains wicked men take to achieve their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains…
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding chapter, Job argued that he had not been punished because of wickedness, as Eliphaz had asserted (Job 22:5). Now, he w…
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