Job 24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth {his} face. {disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret}
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He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}
Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
Then said he 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, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. {full of blood: Heb. filled with, etc} {perverseness: or, wresting of judgment}
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard {it}.
{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}
And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. {for she...: or, and when she had purified herself, etc, she returned}
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? {How: or, What}
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which {is} by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. {an open...: Heb. the door of eyes, or, of Enajim}
For thou didst {it} secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
And it came to pass about this time, that {Joseph} went into the house to do his business; and {there was} none of the men of the house there within.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.