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Job 24:15

Job 24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,.... Not of the morning, which would not give him time enough to satiate his lust, but of the evening, that he may have the whole night before…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight; - compare the description in Pro 7:8-9, “He went the way to her house; in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.” And…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 24:13-17

These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel against the light, Job 24:13. Some understand it figuratively: they sin against the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The adulterer waits for the "twilight," i. e. of even. Then he disguises himself, or puts a cover on his face, that he may enter undetected the house of his neighbour.