Job 24:15

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

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וְעֵין ve·'ein and [the] eye of H5869 נֹאֵף no·'ef an adulterer H5003 שָׁמְרָה sha·me·rah it watches for H8104 נֶשֶׁף ne·shef twilight H5399 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 תְשׁוּרֵנִי te·shu·re·ni it will observe me H7789 עָיִן 'a·yin an eye H5869 וְסֵתֶר ve·se·ter and covering of H5643 פָּנִים pa·nim face H6440 יָשִׂים ya·sim he puts H7760

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–17

See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass, and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of it. See the misery of sinners; they are exposed to continual frights: yet see their folly; they are afraid of coming under the eye of men, but have no dread of God's eye, which is always upon them: they are not afraid of doing things which they are afraid of being known to do.

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Adultery

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.