Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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 The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is a thief. 15 And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they do not know the light.
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
He has said in his heart, God has forgotten; He hides His face; He will not see forever!
Genesis 38:14-15
And she put off her widow's clothes, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself. And she sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as wife.
Exodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
2 Samuel 11:4-13
And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her. And she had purified herself from her uncleanness. And she returned to her house.
2 Samuel 12:12
For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.
Job 22:13-14
And you say, What does God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
Psalm 50:18
When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.
Psalm 73:11
And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?
Psalm 94:7
Yet they say, Jehovah shall not see, nor shall the God of Jacob observe it.
Proverbs 6:32-35
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.
Proverbs 7:9-10
in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.
Ezekiel 8:12
And He said to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, each man in his image room? For they are saying, Jehovah does not see us; Jehovah has forsaken the earth.
Ezekiel 9:9
And He said to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is great, and the land is full of blood, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, Jehovah has forsaken the land; and, Jehovah does not see.