Job 24:15
And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16He breaketh, in the dark, into houses,—By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
Cross References
Genesis 38:14So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,—for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she, had not been given him to wife.
2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness,—and she returned unto her own house.
Job 22:13Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?
Psalms 50:18If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him,—And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;
Psalms 94:7Yet have they said—Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.
Proverbs 7:7And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense;
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 →