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

13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

Job 24:15 word by word

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

• 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 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
• 2 Samuel 11:4And 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 12:12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
• Psalms 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
• Proverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
• Proverbs 7:9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
• Job 22:13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
• Psalms 10:11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
• Psalms 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
• Psalms 94:7Yet they say, Yah shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
• Ezekiel 8:12Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, Yhwh seeth us not; Yhwh hath forsaken the earth.
• Ezekiel 9:9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, Yhwh hath forsaken the earth, And Yhwh seeth not.
• Genesis 38:14And 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.

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