The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Parallel translations
- WEB The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye shall see me.’ He disguises his face.
- BSB The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- NKJV The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face.
- NASB “The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.
- NLT The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him.
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Quick answer
The adulterer waits for dusk, hiding his face, sure no eye will see. It matters because secret sin presumes God does not see.
Overview
Job describes the adulterer relying on twilight and disguise, convinced he is unobserved. His error is forgetting that God's eye penetrates all darkness. Scripture reminds us that nothing is hidden from God, and that the secret sins of the heart are laid bare before Christ, who searches minds and hearts (Rev. 2:23).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 10:11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
- Prov 7:9–10In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
- Ezek 9:9Then 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, and the LORD seeth not.
- Ps 94:7Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
- Ezek 8:12Then 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 forsaken the earth.
- Prov 6:32–35But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
- Ps 73:11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
- Job 22:13–14And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
- Exod 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- Gen 38:14–15And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- 2 Sam 12:12For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
- Ps 50:18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
- 2 Sam 11:4–13And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
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