Job 24:15

and the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.

Brenton Septuagint

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

14But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

16In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14And having taken off the garments of her widowhood from her, she put on a veil, and ornamented her face, and sat by the gates of Ænan, which is in the way to Thamna, for she saw that Selom was grown; but he gave her not to him for a wife.

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was + 11:4 Gr. sanctified.purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.

Job 22:13And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark?

Psalms 50:18For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.

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

Proverbs 7:7passing by the corner in the passages + 7:7 Gr. of.near her house,

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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