Job 24:15
13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- KJV
- The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- WEB
- The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
- ASV
- The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
- DARBY
- And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
- BLB
- And the eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he puts a cover over his face.
- ÅB
- Horkarlens øye speider etter skumringen; han sier: Intet øye ser meg, og han dekker sitt ansikt til.
- OTB
- Ekteskapsbryterens øye venter på skumringen,
Og sier: 'Ingen øye vil se meg.'
Og han skjuler sitt ansikt. - B1930
- Horkarlens øie speider efter skumringen; han sier: Intet øie ser mig, og han dekker sitt ansikt til.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextProverbs 7:9–10
at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Read in contextEzekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
Read in contextEzekiel 9:9
He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’
Read in contextProverbs 6:32–35
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Read in contextPsalms 94:7
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
Read in contextJob 22:13–14
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
Read in contextExodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Read in context