Job 24:15
Good News Translation
The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him.

New Revised Standard Version
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.

Contemporary English Version
Others wait for the dark, thinking they won't be seen if they sleep with the wife or husband of someone else.

New American Bible
The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says, “No eye will see me.” He puts a mask over his face;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

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Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

2 Samuel 11:4-13 And David sent messengers, and took her, and she came in to him, and he slept with her: and presently she was purified from her uncleanness: . . .

2 Samuel 12:12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the sight of the sun.

Psalm 50:18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

Proverbs 6:32-35 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out: . . .

Proverbs 7:9,10 And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering, . . .

No eye

Job 22:13,14 And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist. . . .

Psalm 10:11 For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.

Psalm 73:11 And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?

Psalm 94:7 And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.

Ezekiel 8:12 And he said to me: Surely thou seest, O son of man, what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in private in his chamber: for they say: The Lord seeth us not, the Lord hath forsaken the earth.

Ezekiel 9:9 And he said to me: The iniquity of the house of Israel, and of Juda, is exceeding great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is filled with perverseness: for they have said: The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

disguiseth his face.

Genesis 38:14,15 And she put off the garments of her widowhood, and took a veil: and changing her dress, sat in the cross way, that leadeth to Thamnas: because Sela was grown up, and she had not been married to him. . . .

Context
Job: Judgment for the Wicked
14The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief. 15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.…
Cross References
Job 31:9
If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:

Proverbs 7:9
And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering,

Job 24:14
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