Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.

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

The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
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.

Amplified


“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

נשׁף 
Nesheph 
Usage: 12

שׁוּר 
Shuwr 
Usage: 17

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

14 “The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
15 “The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
16 “In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He says to himself, “God has forgotten;
He has hidden His face; He will never see it.”

Genesis 38:14-15

So she removed her widow’s garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, 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.

Exodus 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

2 Samuel 11:4-13

David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

2 Samuel 12:12

Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.’”

Job 22:13-14

“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

Psalm 50:18

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.

Psalm 73:11

They say, “How does God know?
And is there knowledge with the Most High?”

Psalm 94:7

They have said, “The Lord does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”

Proverbs 6:32-35

The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself does it.

Proverbs 7:9-10

In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Ezekiel 8:12

Then He said to me, “Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

Ezekiel 9:9

Then He said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see!’

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