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Job 24:15 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Job 24:15 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 24 verse 15 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. disguiseth: Heb. setteth his face in secret”
Job 24:15 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight—Job shifts from murder to adultery, expanding his indictment of unpunished sin. The Hebrew naaph (נֹאֵף, adulterer) violates the seventh commandment (unwritten but universally known in patriarchal times). "Waiteth for the twilight" (nesheph, נֶשֶׁף) depicts premeditated sin—the adulterer calculates when darkness provides cover. This echoes Proverbs 7:9's warning about the adulteress who hunts "in the black and dark night."No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face—The adulterer's self-deception is profound: he thinks secrecy equals immun...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 24:15
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“God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
“in the evening of the day”
“The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great”
“Son of man”
“But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.”
“Yah will not see, neither will Jacob's God consider.”
“and took her; and she came in to him”
“you consented with him”
“'What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?”