at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
Parallel translations
- WEB in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
- KJV In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
- NKJV In the twilight, in the evening, In the black and dark night.
- NASB In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and the darkness.
- NLT It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell.
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Quick answer
He approaches under cover of night and darkness. Sin often seeks the shadows.
Overview
The timing in twilight and deep darkness suggests both opportunity and the secrecy that wrongdoing prefers. Darkness here hints at the moral character of what is about to occur. Scripture often links deeds of sin with night and contrasts them with walking in the light.
Cross-references & the web
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- Rom 13:12–14The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Job 24:13–15Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
- Eph 5:11Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Gen 39:11One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Exod 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
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