Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. 15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret. 16 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'

Genesis 38:14-15

and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which is by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.

Exodus 20:14

'Thou dost not commit adultery.

2 Samuel 11:4-13

And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house;

2 Samuel 12:12

for thou hast done it in secret, and I do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.'

Job 22:13-14

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

Psalm 50:18

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.

Psalm 73:11

And they have said, 'How hath God known? And is there knowledge in the Most High?'

Psalm 94:7

And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'

Proverbs 6:32-35

He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

Proverbs 7:9-10

In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.

Ezekiel 8:12

And He saith unto me, 'Hast thou seen, son of man, that which elders of the house of Israel are doing in darkness, each in the inner chambers of his imagery, for they are saying, Jehovah is not seeing us, Jehovah hath forsaken the land?'

Ezekiel 9:9

And He saith unto me, 'The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very very great, and the land is full of blood, and the city hath been full of perverseness, for they have said: Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah is not seeing.

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