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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
לאור יקום רוצח--יקטל-עני ואביון ובלילה יהי כגנב
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
lAvr yqvm rvTSKH--yqtl-`ny vAbyvn vblylh yhy kgnb

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
mane primo consurgit homicida interficit egenum et pauperem per noctem vero erit quasi fur

King James Variants
American King James Version   
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Authorized (King James) Version   
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
New King James Version   
The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.
21st Century King James Version   
The murderer, rising with the light, killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
Darby Bible Translation   
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
God's Word   
At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
International Standard Version   
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.
NET Bible   
Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
New American Standard Bible   
"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
New International Version   
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.
New Living Translation   
The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.
Webster's Bible Translation   
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The World English Bible   
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Murderers rob people when it is still dark. They kill poor, weak people during the night.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
New Life Version   
The one who kills people gets up early in the morning. He kills the poor and those in need. And during the night he is like a robber.
The Voice Bible   
It is not the poor and the victim who rebel. It is the murderer who rises before first light And kills the poor and the needy. And in the dark of night, he becomes the thief.
Living Bible   
They are murderers who rise in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night they are thieves and adulterers, waiting for the twilight ‘when no one will see me,’ they say. They mask their faces so no one will know them.
New Catholic Bible   
When nightfall descends, the murderer arises to slay the poor and the needy; during the night he steals forth like a thief.
Legacy Standard Bible   
The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the afflicted and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and the needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Christian Standard Bible   
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief.
New Century Version   
When the day is over, the murderers get up to kill the poor and needy. At night they go about like thieves.
The Message   
“Then there are those who avoid light at all costs, who scorn the light-filled path. When the sun goes down, the murderer gets up— kills the poor and robs the defenseless. Sexual predators can’t wait for nightfall, thinking, ‘No one can see us now.’ Burglars do their work at night, but keep well out of sight through the day. They want nothing to do with light. Deep darkness is morning for that bunch; they make the terrors of darkness their companions in crime.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
At the end of the daylight a murderer arises, and he kills the poor and needy. At night he acts as a thief.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
Good News Translation®   
At dawn the murderer gets up and goes out to kill the poor, and at night he steals.
Wycliffe Bible   
A manslayer riseth full early, and slayeth a needy man, and a poor man; and by night he shall be as a night thief. (The murderer riseth very early, and killeth the needy and the poor; and in the night he shall be a thief.)
Contemporary English Version   
Soon after sunset they murder the poor and the needy, and at night they steal.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy and in the night is like a thief.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The murderer rises at twilight, kills the poor and needy; at night, they are like a thief.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“The murderer rises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he becomes a thief.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
When there is no light the murderer rises, to kill the poor and needy; in the night he acts like a thief.
New American Standard Bible   
The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is like a thief.
The Expanded Bible   
·When the day is over [or At the light], the murderers get up to ·kill [slay] the poor and needy. At night they go about like thieves [Ex. 22:2].
Tree of Life Version   
The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
Revised Standard Version   
The murderer rises in the dark, that he may kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.
New International Reader's Version   
When daylight is gone, murderers get up. They kill poor people and those who are in need. In the night they sneak around like robbers.
BRG Bible   
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The murderer rises with the light to kill the poor and needy; while at night he is like a thief.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
The rotzeach rising with the daylight killeth the oni and needy, and in the lailah is like a ganav.
Names of God Bible   
At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.
Modern English Version   
The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
Easy-to-Read Version   
A murderer gets up at dawn and kills poor, helpless people. And at night he becomes a thief.
International Children’s Bible   
When the light of day is gone, the murderer gets up. He kills poor and needy people. At night he goes about like a thief.
Lexham English Bible   
At dusk the murderer rises; he kills the needy and the poor, and in the night he is like a thief.
New International Version - UK   
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.