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

16 In the dark they dig through houses which they had marked for themselves in the daytime; they know not the light.

17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death; if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

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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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