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Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth <i>his</i> face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises <i>his</i> face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, &#8216No eye will see me.&#8217 And he disguises his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he keeps his face hidden.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ And he covers his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The adulterer&#8217s eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me; he covers his face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Others wait for the dark, thinking they won't be seen if they sleep with the wife or husband of someone else. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, 'No one is watching us,' as they cover their faces.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ?No eye will see me,? he covers his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the eye of an adulterer "" Has observed the twilight, "" Saying, No eye beholds me. And he puts the face in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the eye of the adulterer watched the twilight, saying, Eye shall not perceive me: and secretly he will set the face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer waits for darkness, saying, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says, “No eye will see me.” He puts a mask over his face; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The eyes also of the adulterer wait for the darkness, saying, No eye shall see me; and he disguises his face in the dark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And eyes of adulterers watch for darkness and they say: “Eyes will not see”, and he conceals his face in darkness<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying: 'No eye shall see me'; And he putteth a covering on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and the eye of the adulterer has watched <i>for</i> the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-15.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3738" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">14</span>When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. <span class="reftext">15</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ên (Conj-w:: N-csc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">The eye</a> <a href="/hebrew/5003.htm" title="5003: nō·’êp̄ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To commit adultery. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.">of the adulterer</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: šā·mə·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">watches</a> <a href="/hebrew/5399.htm" title="5399: ne·šep̄ (N-ms) -- Twilight. From nashaph; properly, a breeze, i.e. dusk.">for twilight.</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Thinking,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">‘No</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ā·yin (N-cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">eye</a> <a href="/hebrew/7789.htm" title="7789: ṯə·šū·rê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs:: 1cs) -- To behold, regard. A primitive root; to spy out, i.e. survey, lurk for, care for.">will see me,’</a> <a href="/hebrew/5643.htm" title="5643: wə·sê·ṯer (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- A covering, hiding place, secrecy. Or cithrah,; from cathar; a cover.">he covers</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: yā·śîm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nîm (N-mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">his face.</a> </span><span class="reftext">16</span>In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">Proverbs 7:6-9</a></span><br />For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. / I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment, / crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/7-18.htm">Proverbs 7:18-20</a></span><br />Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses! / For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey. / He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/9-17.htm">Proverbs 9:17</a></span><br />“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-24.htm">Jeremiah 23:24</a></span><br />“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a></span><br />He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/64-5.htm">Psalm 64:5-6</a></span><br />They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say. / They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-15.htm">Isaiah 29:15</a></span><br />Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/8-12.htm">Ezekiel 8:12</a></span><br />“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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5</a></span><br />Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6-7</a></span><br />For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. / All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a></span><br />And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12-13</a></span><br />The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. / Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a></span><br />For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a></span><br />Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.</p><p class="hdg">eye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14</a></b></br> Thou shalt not commit adultery.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">2 Samuel 11:4-13</a></b></br> And 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/12-12.htm">2 Samuel 12:12</a></b></br> For thou didst <i>it</i> secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.</p><p class="hdg">No eye</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/22-13.htm">Job 22:13,14</a></b></br> And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-11.htm">Psalm 10:11</a></b></br> He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see <i>it</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-11.htm">Psalm 73:11</a></b></br> And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?</p><p class="hdg">disguiseth his face.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/38-14.htm">Genesis 38:14,15</a></b></br> And 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 <i>is</i> by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/20-10.htm">Adulterer</a> <a href="/job/15-18.htm">Concealed</a> <a href="/job/24-8.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/job/24-7.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/job/23-13.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">Disguises</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-29.htm">Disguiseth</a> <a href="/job/4-20.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/job/7-4.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/job/20-9.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/job/23-17.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/21-32.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/job/24-14.htm">Night</a> <a href="/1_kings/3-23.htm">No</a> <a href="/job/10-14.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/job/20-3.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/24-14.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-3.htm">Thinks</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-8.htm">Waiteth</a> <a href="/job/18-12.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/job/7-2.htm">Waits</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Watches</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Adulterer</a> <a href="/job/28-21.htm">Concealed</a> <a href="/job/34-22.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/job/26-6.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-24.htm">Disguises</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm">Disguiseth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-7.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/job/38-41.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/job/28-7.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/job/24-18.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/24-18.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/job/28-11.htm">Keeps</a> <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Night</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-14.htm">No</a> <a href="/psalms/17-4.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/job/28-3.htm">Puts</a> <a href="/job/27-17.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/job/27-11.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/30-5.htm">Thief</a> <a href="/psalms/10-6.htm">Thinks</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/psalms/33-20.htm">Waiteth</a> <a href="/job/29-21.htm">Waiting</a> <a href="/psalms/25-3.htm">Waits</a> <a href="/job/33-11.htm">Watches</a> <a href="/job/31-9.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight.</b><br>In the ancient Near Eastern context, twilight was often associated with secrecy and the cover of darkness, which provided an opportunity for sinful activities to be concealed. The adulterer, in this case, is depicted as someone who deliberately chooses the time of day when visibility is low to engage in immoral acts. This reflects the broader biblical theme of darkness being associated with sin and evil (<a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a>). The act of adultery is condemned throughout Scripture, as seen in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-14.htm">Exodus 20:14</a>) and in the teachings of Jesus (<a href="/matthew/5-27.htm">Matthew 5:27-28</a>). The imagery of "watching for twilight" suggests a premeditated intent to sin, highlighting the deceitful nature of the human heart (<a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>).<p><b>Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’</b><br>This phrase captures the self-deception and false security of the sinner who believes that their actions are hidden from others and, by extension, from God. It reflects the folly of thinking that one can escape divine justice, a theme echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/psalms/94-7.htm">Psalm 94:7</a>, where the wicked say, "The LORD does not see." This belief in anonymity is a common human fallacy, as God is omniscient and sees all actions (<a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm">Proverbs 15:3</a>). The idea that sin can be hidden is a recurring theme in the Bible, often leading to eventual exposure and judgment (<a href="/numbers/32-23.htm">Numbers 32:23</a>).<p><b>he covers his face.</b><br>Covering the face is symbolic of attempting to hide one's identity and actions. In biblical times, covering the face could also signify shame or guilt (<a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7-8</a>). This act of covering is futile in the eyes of God, who sees beyond physical appearances and knows the heart (<a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">1 Samuel 16:7</a>). The imagery here can also be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual blindness that sin causes, preventing individuals from seeing the truth and light of God (<a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a>). The attempt to hide from God is reminiscent of Adam and Eve's actions in the Garden of Eden, where they tried to hide from God after sinning (<a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">Genesis 3:8-10</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man known for his righteousness and suffering. In this chapter, Job is speaking about the injustices and hidden sins of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/adulterer.htm">Adulterer</a></b><br>A person who engages in adultery, which is the act of being unfaithful to a spouse. In this verse, the adulterer is depicted as someone who operates under the cover of darkness to conceal their sin.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/twilight.htm">Twilight</a></b><br>The time of day when the light is dim, often associated with secrecy and concealment. It symbolizes the time when the adulterer feels safe to commit sin without being seen.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_nature_of_sin.htm">The Deceptive Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin often seeks the cover of darkness, both literally and metaphorically. The adulterer in <a href="/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15</a> believes that darkness will hide his actions, illustrating how sin deceives individuals into thinking they can escape consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a></b><br>Despite human attempts to hide sin, God sees all. The belief that "no eye will see me" is a false security. Believers are reminded that nothing is hidden from God's sight.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_integrity.htm">The Importance of Integrity</a></b><br>Integrity involves living transparently and consistently, regardless of who is watching. Christians are called to live in the light, reflecting Christ's righteousness in all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_hidden_sin.htm">Consequences of Hidden Sin</a></b><br>Hidden sins can lead to greater bondage and destruction. Bringing sin into the light through confession and repentance is crucial for spiritual health and freedom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_as_children_of_light.htm">Living as Children of Light</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to walk in the light, embodying truth and righteousness. This involves rejecting the deeds of darkness and living openly before God and others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_be_pro-choice.htm">Can a Christian support pro-choice beliefs?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_life_continue_after_death.htm">Does life continue after death?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_god_'see_all'_scientifically.htm">Proverbs 15:3: How can an omnipresent God 'see everything' in a scientifically verifiable way?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_cappadocia's_biblical_role.htm">Are your hearts firmly established for the Lord's coming?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 15.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me</span>. There is an analogy between moral and physical light, and between moral and physical darkness. The class of men here spoken of (vers. 14-16), who have rebelled against moral light (ver. 13), and refused its ways, and rejected its paths, are no great lovers of physical light. Their deeds of darkness are only suited to be done in the dark, and they wait for the evening twilight or the dusk of dawn to engage in them (comp. <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-21</a>, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." See also <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>; <a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a>; <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Romans 13:12</a>; <a href="/ephesians/5-8.htm">Ephesians 5:8-14</a>, etc.). And he disguiseth his face. As a further precaution against discovery, the adulterer disguiseth, or covereth up, his face. The same is often done by thieves and murderers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-15.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The eye</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֵ֤ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the adulterer</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹאֵ֨ף ׀</span> <span class="translit">(nō·’êp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5003.htm">Strong's 5003: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to apostatize</span><br /><br /><span class="word">watches</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֤מְרָֽה</span> <span class="translit">(šā·mə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for twilight.</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֣שֶׁף</span> <span class="translit">(ne·šep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5399.htm">Strong's 5399: </a> </span><span class="str2">A breeze, dusk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Thinking,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֭אמֹר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘No</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">eye</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֑יִן</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will see me,’</span><br /><span class="heb">תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·šū·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7789.htm">Strong's 7789: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he covers</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסֵ֖תֶר</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sê·ṯer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5643.htm">Strong's 5643: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, hiding place, secrecy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his face.</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-15.htm">Job 24:15 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-15.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waits (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-14.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:14"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:14" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-16.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:16"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:16" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>