Parallel Verses
Amplified
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.
New American Standard Bible
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he
King James Version
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Holman Bible
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.
International Standard Version
The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.
A Conservative Version
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.
American Standard Version
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
Bible in Basic English
And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
Darby Translation
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.
Julia Smith Translation
And the eye of the adulterer watched the twilight, saying, Eye shall not perceive me: and secretly he will set the face.
King James 2000
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And [the] eye of [the] adulterer waits for dusk, saying, {'No eye will see me,'} and he places a covering [on his] face.
Modern King James verseion
And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face.
NET Bible
And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.
New Heart English Bible
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
The Emphasized Bible
And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
Webster
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
World English Bible
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
Themes
Adultery » General references to
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Home » Foes of the home » Adultery
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
14
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”
Genesis 38:14-15
So she removed her widow’s clothes and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up [in disguise], 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 [as Judah had promised].
Exodus 20:14
“You shall not commit
2 Samuel 11:4-13
David sent messengers and took her. When she came to him, he lay with her. And
2 Samuel 12:12
Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and
Job 22:13-14
“You say, ‘What does God know [about me]?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?
Psalm 50:18
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior,
And you associate with adulterers.
Psalm 73:11
They say, “How does God know?
Is there knowledge [of us] with the Most High?”
Psalm 94:7
Yet they say, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob (Israel) notice it.”
Proverbs 6:32-35
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];
He who would destroy his soul does it.
Proverbs 7:9-10
In the twilight, in the evening;
In the black and dark night.
Ezekiel 8:12
Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his [secret] room of carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
Ezekiel 9:9
Then He said to me, “The wickedness (guilt) of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of blood and the city is full of perversion and injustice; for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land; the Lord does not see [what we are doing].’