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Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking.
rebel against the light
Possible meanings of "light" are 1) visible light or 2) spiritual light, which refers to God or living righteously. AT: "hate the daylight" or "do not want to do things openly" or "rebel against God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
they know not its ways, nor do they stay in its paths
These two lines describe the same thing, and are used together to emphasize that they do not want to follow the ways of the light. AT: "they do not know how to live a moral life; they stay far away from living a righteous life" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
poor and needy people
The words "poor" and "needy" refer to the same group of people and emphasize that these are people who are unable to help themselves. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
he is like a thief
The murderer kills in secret just like a thief steals without anyone seeing what he does. AT: "he kills people secretly, just like a thief steals secretly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)