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

Context of Job 24:15

13“There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths. 14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief. The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed. 16In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light. 17For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of 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“You shall not commit adultery.
• 2 Samuel 11:4Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
• 2 Samuel 12:12You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’ ”
• Psalms 50:18When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
• Proverbs 6:32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
• Proverbs 7:9at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.
• Job 22:13Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?
• Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God will never notice; he covers his face and never sees.”
• Psalms 73:11They say, “How would God know? Does the Most High know anything?”
• Psalms 94:7They say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob takes no notice.”
• Ezekiel 8:12He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
• Ezekiel 9:9He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’
• Genesis 38:14she took off her widow’s clothes, covered herself with a veil to disguise herself, and then sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had now grown up, she had not been given to him as his 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