Job 24:14

The murderer rising with the light,.... The light of the morning, before the sun is risen, about the time the early traveller is set out on his journey, and men go to distant markets to buy and sell…

The murderer - One of the instances, referred to in the previous verse, of those who perform their deeds in darkness. Rising with the light - Hebrew לאור lā'ôr. Vulgate “Mane primo - in the earliest…

These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel against the light, Job 24:13. Some understand it figuratively: they sin against the…

with the light i. e. toward day-break, while it is still partially dark. At such an hour the murderer waylays the solitary traveller.

is as a thief i. e. acts the thief, becomes a thief.