Job 24:15

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

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In The King James Version

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

In Context

14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.

Job 22:13And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

Psalms 50:18When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

Psalms 94:7And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.

Proverbs 7:7I saw among the young men one without sense,

Matthew Henry on Job 24:14-18

Present Impunity of Transgressors. ( b. c. 1520.) 13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17 For the morning is to… Read the whole commentary →

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