Job 24:15

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying: 'No eye shall see me'; and he putteth a covering on his face.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he is as a thief.

16In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

Job 22:13And thou sayest: 'What doth God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?

Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

Psalms 94:7And they say: 'The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob give heed.'

Proverbs 7:7And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, 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 →

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