Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.

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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

14The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.

16He passes through houses in the nighttime, just as they had agreed among themselves in the daytime; and they are ignorant of the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14And storing away the garments of her widowhood, she took up a veil. And changing her clothing, she sat at the crossroad that leads to Timnah, because Shelah had grown up, and she had not received him as a husband.

2 Samuel 11:4And so, David sent messengers, and he took her. And when she had entered to him, he slept with her. And presently, she was purified from her uncleanness.

Job 22:13And you say: “Well, what does God know?” and, “He judges, as if through a fog,”

Psalms 50:18For if you had desired sacrifice, I would certainly have given it, but with holocausts, you will not be delighted.

Psalms 94:7For he is the Lord our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand.

Proverbs 7:7and I see little ones. I consider a frenzied youth,

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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