Job 24:15
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
Cross References
Genesis 38:14And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
Job 22:13And thou sayest, What doth God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
Psalms 94:7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard [it].
Proverbs 7:7and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the sons, a young man void of understanding,
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 →