Job 24:15
The adulterer waits for dusk, saying to himself, ‘No one will see me now,’ and he covers his face.This verse in the real world
When
In what words
- נֶשֶׁףneshephproperly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
- שׁוּרshûwrto spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for
- נָאַףnâʼaphto commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
- סֵתֶרçêthera cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- שׂוּםsûwmto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and e
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 10:11, Pro 7:9–10, Pro 6:32–35, Psa 94:7, Ezk 8:12, Ezk 9:9, Psa 50:18, 2Sa 12:12