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“Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths. 14The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief. The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face. 16In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light. 17For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

Job 24:15 word by word

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

• The eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• adultererנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
• waitsשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• for the twilightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
• Sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• will seeשׁוּרshûr · to seeH7789
• disguisesשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• disguisesסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Job 24:15

• Exodus 20:14“You shall not commit adultery.
• 2 Samuel 11:4David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
• 2 Samuel 12:12Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.’”
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.
• Proverbs 6:32The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.
• Proverbs 7:9In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.
• Job 22:13You say, ‘What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness?
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”
• Psalms 73:11They say, “How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?”
• Psalms 94:7They have said, “The Lord does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
• Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Genesis 38:14So she removed her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife.

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