The Meaning of Job 24:15 Explained

Job 24:15

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

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

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

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

Discover Job 24:15

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:15?

MEANING: What does Job 24:15 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:15 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:15?

What is the context of Job 24:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 24:15 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter

Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.

In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

¹ Wickedness often goes unpunished
¹⁷ There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:15 mean?

And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight Saying No will see me eye and he disguises [his] face and disguises

וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־ תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים

וְעֵ֤ין	And the eye
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, common singular construct Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
נֹאֵ֨ף ׀	of the adulterer
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָאַף Sense: to commit adultery.
שָׁ֤מְרָֽה	waits for
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: שָׁמַר Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
נֶ֣שֶׁף	the twilight
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: נֶשֶׁף Sense: twilight.
לֵ֭אמֹר	Saying
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לֹא־	No
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי	will see me
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular, first person common singular Root: שׁוּר Sense: to see, behold, observe, regard.
עָ֑יִן	eye
Parse: Noun, common singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye.
וְסֵ֖תֶר	and he disguises
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: סֵתֶר Sense: covering, shelter, hiding place, secrecy.
פָּנִ֣ים	[his] face
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
יָשִֽׂים	and disguises
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.

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