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Job 24:15

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth 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

14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the day-time: they know not the light.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:14And she put off from her, her widow's garments, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath: for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him for a wife.

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

Job 22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

Psalms 94:7Yet they say, The LORD will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it .

Proverbs 7:7And beheld 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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