Job 24:15

Job 24:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
• New International Version (NIV)The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face.

Context of Job 24:15

13“Such people are among those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways. They do not stay on its paths. 14At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves. Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, ‘No one is watching us,’ as they cover their faces. 16In the dark, they break into houses, ⌞but⌟ by day they lock themselves in. They do not ⌞even⌟ know the light, 17because morning and deep darkness are the same to them, because they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness.

Job 24:15 word by word

וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• also of the adultererנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
• waitethשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• for the twilightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• shall seeשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789
• me: and disguisethשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• me: and disguisethסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 24:15

• Exodus 20:14“Never commit adultery.
• 2 Samuel 11:4So David sent messengers and took her. She came to him, and he went to bed with her. (She had just cleansed herself after her monthly period.) Then she went home.
• 2 Samuel 12:12You did this secretly, but I will make this happen in broad daylight in front of all Israel.”
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery.
• Proverbs 6:32Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself.
• Proverbs 7:9in the twilight, in the evening, in the dark hours of the night.
• Job 22:13You ask, ‘What does God know? Can he judge ⌞anything⌟ from behind a dark cloud?
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
• Psalms 73:11Then wicked people ask, “What does God know?” “Does the Most High know anything?”
• Psalms 94:7They say, “The Lord doesn’t see it. The God of Jacob doesn’t even pay attention to it.”
• Ezekiel 8:12God asked me, “Son of man, do you see what the leaders of the nation of Israel are doing in secret? Each of them is in the room where his god is, and each one of them is thinking, ‘The Lord doesn’t see me. The Lord has abandoned this land.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The wickedness of the nations of Israel and Judah is terrible. The land is filled with murder, and the city is filled with wrongdoing. They think that the Lord has abandoned the land and that he doesn’t see.
• Genesis 38:14she took off her widow’s clothes, covered her face with a veil, and disguised herself. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. (She did this because she realized that Shelah was grown up now, and she hadn’t been given to him in marriage.)

Commentaries on Job 24:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The eye also of the adulterer - This is another sin particularly of the city. The adulterer has made his assignation; he has marked the house of her into whose good graces he has insinuated himself, called digging through the house; he waits impatiently for the dusk; and then goes forth, having muffled or disguised his face, and spends a criminal night with the faithless wife of another man. The morning dawns: but it is to him as the shadow of death, lest…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight; - compare the description in Proverbs 7:8-9, “He went the way to her house; in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.” And disguiseth his face - Margin, “setteth his face in secret.” The meaning is, that he put a mask on his face, lest he should be recognized. So Juvenal, Sat. viii. 144, as quoted by Noyes: - si nocturnus adulter Tempora Santonico velas adoperta cucullo. These…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-17Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 24:15

• Adultery
• Homicide
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Adultery
• Job, Book of
• Twilight

Commentaries on Job 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary