Parallel Verses
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;
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.
Amplified
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.
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
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
14 He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need. 15 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; 16 In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
He says in his heart, God has no memory of me: his face is turned away; he will never see it.
Genesis 38:14-15
She took off her widow's clothing, and covering herself with her veil, she took her seat near Enaim on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was now a man, but she had not been made his wife.
Exodus 20:14
Do not be false to the married relation.
2 Samuel 11:4-13
And David sent and took her; and she came to him, and he took her to his bed: (for she had been made clean;) then she went back to her house.
2 Samuel 12:12
You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
Job 22:13-14
And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?
Psalm 73:11
And they say, How will the Lord see this? is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalm 94:7
And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
Proverbs 6:32-35
He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.
Proverbs 7:9-10
At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.
Ezekiel 8:12
And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the responsible men of the children of Israel do in the dark, every man in his room of pictured images? for they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has gone away from the land.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.