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Job 24

Job 24:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
also of the adulterer
na'aph (Hebrew #5003)
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
KJV usage: adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
Pronounce: naw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
waiteth
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
for the twilight
nesheph (Hebrew #5399)
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
KJV usage: dark, dawning of the day (morning), night, twilight.
Pronounce: neh'-shef
Origin: from 5398
w, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, No eye
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
shall see
shuwr (Hebrew #7789)
to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
KJV usage: behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of going round for inspection)
me: and θdisguiseth
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
cether (Hebrew #5643)
from 5641; a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
KJV usage: backbiting, covering, covert, X disguise(-th), hiding place, privily, protection, secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: say'-ther
Origin: or (feminine) cithrah (Deut. 32:38), {sith-raw'}
his face
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
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Prov. 7:8‑9• 8passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
 9in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness. (Prov. 7:8‑9)
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setteth his face in secret.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 20:14• 14Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Ex. 20:14)
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2 Sam. 11:4‑13• 4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; and she had purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned to her house.
 5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
 6And David sent to Joab saying, Send me Urijah the Hittite. And Joab sent Urijah to David.
 7And when Urijah had come to him, David asked how Joab prospered, and how the people prospered, and how the war prospered.
 8And David said to Urijah, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. And Urijah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him presents from the king.
 9And Urijah slept at the entrance of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
 10And they had told David saying, Urijah did not go down to his house; and David said to Urijah, Art thou not come from a journey? why didst thou not go down to thy house?
 11And Urijah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
 12And David said to Urijah, Abide here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. And Urijah abode in Jerusalem that day and the morrow.
 13And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him; and he made him drunk. And in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house. (2 Sam. 11:4‑13)
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2 Sam. 12:12• 12For thou didst it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. (2 Sam. 12:12)
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Psa. 50:18• 18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers; (Psa. 50:18)
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Prov. 6:32‑35• 32Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 33A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
 35he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts. (Prov. 6:32‑35)
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Prov. 7:9‑10• 9in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the blackness of night and the darkness.
 10And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart. (Prov. 7:9‑10)
No eye.
Job 22:13‑14• 13And thou sayest, What doth *God know? will he judge through the dark cloud?
 14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens. (Job 22:13‑14)
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Psa. 10:11• 11He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. (Psa. 10:11)
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Psa. 73:11• 11And they say, How can *God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? (Psa. 73:11)
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Psa. 94:7• 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it. (Psa. 94:7)
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Ezek. 8:12• 12And he said unto me, Hast thou seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every one in his chambers of imagery? for they say, Jehovah seeth us not; Jehovah hath forsaken the land. (Ezek. 8:12)
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Ezek. 9:9• 9And he said unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness; for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the earth, and Jehovah seeth not. (Ezek. 9:9)
disguiseth his face.
Heb. setteth his face in secret.Or, "putteth a covering on his face;" probably the hood of the burnoose, or cloak, which the Arabs sometimes throw over their other garments.
Gen. 38:14‑15• 14And she put the garments of her widowhood off from her, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the entry of Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him as wife.
 15And Judah saw her, and took her for a harlot; because she had covered her face. (Gen. 38:14‑15)
• The adulterer lurks about for his abominations “in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and, dark night” (Prov. 7:9) —like other beasts of prey. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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