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With the light; as soon as the light appears, using no less diligence in his wicked practices, than labourers do in their honest and daily employments.
Killeth the poor and needy; where he finds nothing to satisfy his covetousness, he exerciseth his cruelty.
Is as a thief, i.e. he is really a thief; the particle as being oft used to express, not the resemblance but the truth of the thing, as Num_11:1 Deu_9:10 Hos_4:4 Hos_5:10 Joh_1:14. In the night they rob men secretly and cunningly, as in the day-time they do it more openly and avowedly.