Job 24:15
New International Version
The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.

New Living Translation
The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him.

English Standard Version
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.

Berean Standard Bible
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

King James Bible
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

New King James Version
The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face.

New American Standard Bible
“The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.

NASB 1995
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.

NASB 1977
“And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.

Legacy Standard Bible
The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he keeps his face hidden.

Amplified Bible
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ And he covers his face.

Christian Standard Bible
The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me; he covers his face.

American Standard Version
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And eyes of adulterers watch for darkness and they say: “Eyes will not see”, and he conceals his face in darkness

Brenton Septuagint Translation
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.

Contemporary English Version
Others wait for the dark, thinking they won't be seen if they sleep with the wife or husband of someone else.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

English Revised Version
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, 'No one is watching us,' as they cover their faces.

Good News Translation
The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him.

International Standard Version
The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying: 'No eye shall see me'; And he putteth a covering on his face.

Literal Standard Version
And the eye of an adulterer | Has observed the twilight, | Saying, No eye beholds me. And he puts the face in secret.

Majority Standard Bible
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

New American Bible
The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says, “No eye will see me.” He puts a mask over his face;

NET Bible
And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

New Revised Standard Version
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.

New Heart English Bible
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.

Webster's Bible Translation
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

World English Bible
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.

Young's Literal Translation
And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

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Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. 15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. 16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.…

Cross References
Job 31:9
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor's wife, or I have lurked at his door,

Proverbs 7:9
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.


Treasury of Scripture

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.

eye

Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.

2 Samuel 11:4-13
And 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…

2 Samuel 12:12
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

No eye

Job 22:13,14
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? …

Psalm 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 73:11
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

disguiseth his face.

Genesis 38:14,15
And she put her widow's garments off from her, 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 unto him to wife…

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Job 24
1. Wickedness often goes unpunished
17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked














Verse 15. - The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. There is an analogy between moral and physical light, and between moral and physical darkness. The class of men here spoken of (vers. 14-16), who have rebelled against moral light (ver. 13), and refused its ways, and rejected its paths, are no great lovers of physical light. Their deeds of darkness are only suited to be done in the dark, and they wait for the evening twilight or the dusk of dawn to engage in them (comp. John 3:19-21, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See also John 8:12; John 12:35; Romans 13:12; Ephesians 5:8-14, etc.). And he disguiseth his face. As a further precaution against discovery, the adulterer disguiseth, or covereth up, his face. The same is often done by thieves and murderers.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The eye
וְעֵ֤ין (wə·‘ên)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

of the adulterer
נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ (nō·’êp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5003: To commit adultery, to apostatize

watches
שָׁ֤מְרָֽה (šā·mə·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

for twilight.
נֶ֣שֶׁף (ne·šep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5399: A breeze, dusk

Thinking,
לֵ֭אמֹר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘No
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eye
עָ֑יִן (‘ā·yin)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

will see me,’
תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי (ṯə·šū·rê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for

he covers
וְסֵ֖תֶר (wə·sê·ṯer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy

his face.
פָּנִ֣ים (pā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face


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