Parallel Verses
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 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 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.
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 Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. 15 And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask. 16 In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
Cross References
Psalm 10:11
He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices."
Genesis 38:14-15
So she removed her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.)
Exodus 20:14
"You shall not commit adultery.
2 Samuel 11:4-13
David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home.
2 Samuel 12:12
Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'"
Job 22:13-14
But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?
Psalm 50:18
When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives.
Psalm 73:11
They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?"
Psalm 94:7
Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it."
Proverbs 6:32-35
A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
Proverbs 7:9-10
in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night.
Ezekiel 8:12
He said to me, "Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, 'The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!'"
Ezekiel 9:9
He said to me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say, 'The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!'