Job 24

Job · Chapter 24

Job 24:15

1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

In context

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and [the] eye ofוְעֵ֤יןve-'EINH5869A
eye

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

an adultererנֹאֵ֨ף׀no-'EFH5003
to commit adultery

נָאַף (na.aph) 1) to commit adultery 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to commit adultery 1a1a) usually of man 1a1a1) always with wife of another 1a1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1a2) idolatrous worship (fig.) 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to commit adultery 1b1a) of man 1b1b) adultery (of women) (participle) 1b2) idolatrous worship (fig.)

it watches forשָׁ֤מְרָֽהSHA-me-rahH8104I
to keep: obey

שָׁמַר (sha.mar) : obey/observe 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded …

twilightנֶ֣שֶׁףNE-shefH5399
twilight

נֶ֫שֶׁף (ne.sheph) 1) twilight 1a) evening twilight 1b) morning twilight

to sayingלֵ֭אמֹרLE-morH0559
to say

אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

notלֹא־lo'-H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

it will observe meתְשׁוּרֵ֣נִיte-shu-RE-niH7789
to see

שׁוּר (shur) 1) to see, behold, observe, regard 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to behold, observe 1a2) to regard 1a3) to watch, watch (stealthily), lie in wait

an eyeעָ֑יִן'A-yinH5869A
eye

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

and covering ofוְסֵ֖תֶרve-SE-terH5643A
secrecy

סֵ֫תֶר (se.ter) 1) covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy 1a) covering, cover 1b) hiding place, shelter, secret place 1c) secrecy 1c1) secrecy (of tongue being slanderous)

faceפָּנִ֣יםpa-NIMH6440H
face: before

פָּנֶה (pa.neh) : before/to/front 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

he putsיָשִֽׂים׃ya-SIMH7760A
to set: make

שׂוּם (sum) : make/establish 1) to put, place, set, appoint, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put, set, lay, put or lay upon, lay (violent) hands on 1a2) to set, direct, direct toward 1a2a) to extend (compassion) (fig) 1a3) to set, ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix 1a4) to set, station, put, set in place, plant, fix 1a5) to make, make for, transform into, constitute, fashion, work, bring to pass, appoint, give 1b) (Hiphil) to set or make for a sign 1c) (Hophal) to be set

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.