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- Job
- Chapter 24
- Verse 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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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…
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…
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…
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.
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