Job 24:15 BSB — MannaFest

Job 24:15

The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XVI (604)

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And disguiseth his face. There is nothing to hinder but that this may be understood even after the latter, seeing that he who desires to commit adultery, seeks out the dark. But whereas it is a sentence uttered against Heretics, it is meet that this thing which is declared be understood in a mystical sense. Thus Paul says, For we are not as many that adulterate the word of God. For the adulterer seeks not offspring, but pleasure in the act of carnal copulation.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight; - compare the description in Pro 7:8-9, “He went the way to her house; in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.” And disguiseth his face - Margin, “setteth his face in secret.” The meaning is, that he put a mask on his face, lest he should be recognized. So Juvenal, Sat. viii. 144, as quoted by Noyes: - si nocturnus adulter Tempora Santonico velas adoperta cucullo.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעֵ֤ין	ve.'Ein	and [the] eye of	H5869 →
נֹאֵ֨ף׀	no.'Ef	an adulterer	H5003 →
שָׁ֤מְרָֽה	Sha.me.rah	it watches for	H8104 →
נֶ֣שֶׁף	Ne.shef	twilight	H5399 →
לֵ֭אמֹר	Le.mor	<to> saying	H559 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי	te.shu.Re.ni	it will observe me	H7789 →
עָ֑יִן	'A.yin	an eye	H5869 →
וְסֵ֖תֶר	ve.Se.ter	and covering of	H5643 →
פָּנִ֣ים	pa.Nim	face	H6440 →
יָשִֽׂים׃	ya.Sim	he puts	H7760 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…
leads to
- Isaiah 29:15
  Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 9:9
  He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 8:15
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
Through
Psalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
leads to
- Ezekiel 8:12
  “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 94:7
  They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Psalms 73:11
  The wicked say, “How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?”
Through
Psalms 94:7
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
leads to
- Luke 18:3–4
  And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
- Psalms 10:11–13
  He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job