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15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
Saying, No eye shall see me:
And he [a]disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses:
[b]They shut themselves up in the day-time;
They know not the light.
17 For [c]the morning is to all of them as thick darkness;
For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:15 Or, putteth a covering on his face
  2. Job 24:16 Or, Which they had marked for themselves
  3. Job 24:17 Or, thick darkness is to all of them as the morning; For they etc.

15 The eye of the adulterer(A) watches for dusk;(B)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(C)
    and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(D)
    but by day they shut themselves in;
    they want nothing to do with the light.(E)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
    they make friends with the terrors(F) of darkness.(G)

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