Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer watcheth for the twilight; He saith, “No eye will see me,” And putteth a mask upon 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

14With the light ariseth the murderer; He killeth the poor and needy; In the night he is as a thief.

16In the dark they break into houses; In the daytime they shut themselves up; They are strangers to the light.

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Cross References

Job 22:13Hence thou sayest, “What doth God know? Can he govern behind the thick darkness?

Psalms 50:18When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.

Psalms 94:7And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”

Proverbs 7:7And I saw among the simple 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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