Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

New American Standard Bible

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.

International Standard Version

The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

A Conservative Version

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.

American Standard Version

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

Amplified


“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.

Bible in Basic English

And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;

Darby Translation

And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.

Julia Smith Translation

And the eye of the adulterer watched the twilight, saying, Eye shall not perceive me: and secretly he will set the face.

King James 2000

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And [the] eye of [the] adulterer waits for dusk, saying, {'No eye will see me,'} and he places a covering [on his] face.

Modern King James verseion

And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a covering on his face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The eye of the ungodly is like the adulterer, that waiteth for the darkness, and sayeth thus in himself, 'Tush, there shall no man see me,' and so he disguiseth his face.

NET Bible

And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.

New Heart English Bible

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.

Webster

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

World English Bible

The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁמר 
Shamar 
Usage: 468

נשׁף 
Nesheph 
Usage: 12

שׁוּר 
Shuwr 
Usage: 17

Context Readings

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

14 With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief. 15 And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on; 16 He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, - By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;

Cross References

Psalm 10:11

He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten, - He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!

Genesis 38:14-15

So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood and covered herself with a veil and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah, - for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she, had not been given him to wife.

Exodus 20:14

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

2 Samuel 11:4-13

And David sent messengers, and fetched her, and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, she having purified herself from her uncleanness, - and she returned unto her own house.

2 Samuel 12:12

For, thou, didst it, in secret, - but, I, will do this thing, before all Israel, and before the sun.

Job 22:13-14

Wilt thou say then, What doth GOD know? Out through a thick cloud, can he judge?

Psalm 50:18

If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him, - And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

Psalm 73:11

And they say - How doth GOD know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?

Psalm 94:7

Yet have they said - Yah, doth not see, The God of Jacob, doth not understand.

Proverbs 6:32-35

He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

Proverbs 7:9-10

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;

Ezekiel 8:12

Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen Son of man what the elders of the house of Israel, are doing in the dark, every man in his image-chambers? for they are saying - Yahweh doth not see us! Yahweh hath forsaken the land!

Ezekiel 9:9

And he said unto me the iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah, is exceeding, great, and the land is filled with shed blood, and the city is full of over-reaching, - for they have said. Yahweh hath forsaken the land, - and Yahweh doth not see.

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