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Job 24:15

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

KJV

Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens : Non me videbit oculus : et operiet vultum suum.

Vulgate

καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς μοιχοῦ ἐφύλαξεν σκότος, λέγων Οὐ προσνοήσει με ὀφθαλμός, καὶ ἀποκρυβὴν προσώπου ἔθετο.

LXX

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

ASV

וְ/עֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭/אמֹר לֹא תְשׁוּרֵ֣/נִי עָ֑יִן וְ/סֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×
נֶּ֔שֶׁף
nshp
noun · 12×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 16×
סֵ֣תֶר
str
noun · 36×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 8:12 — Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath f
  • Ezek 9:9 — Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth
  • Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
  • Prov 6:32 — But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
  • Prov 7:9 — In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
  • Ps 10:11 — He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
  • Ps 94:7 — Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.