Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him.

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness:

Job 22:13And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

Psalms 50:18If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Psalms 94:7And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

Proverbs 7:7And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,

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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