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

13These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths. 14The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief. The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face. 16When it is dark, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. 17For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are 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

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“Do not commit adultery.
• 2 Samuel 11:4Then David sent messengers and took her when she came to him, and he lay with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness). Then she returned to her house.
• 2 Samuel 12:12Indeed you have done 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 your portion is with adulterers.
• Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.
• Proverbs 7:9in the twilight of the evening, in the darkest hours of the night.
• Job 22:13Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Does He judge through such thick darkness?
• Psalms 10:11He says in his heart: “God has forgotten. He hides His face—He will never see it.”
• Psalms 73:11So they say: “How does God know? And does Elyon have knowledge?”
• Psalms 94:7So they say: “Adonai does not see— the God of Jacob pays no attention.”
• Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me: “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his chamber of his carved idol? For they say, ‘Adonai does not see us. Adonai has forsaken the land.’”
• Ezekiel 9:9He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of corruption. For they say, ‘Adonai has forsaken the land, Adonai does not see!’
• Genesis 38:14And she removed her widow’s clothes from herself, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself, and sat by the entrance to the springs on the way 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