Job 24:15
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
נָאַף
nâʼaph
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
נֶשֶׁף
nesheph
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
סֵתֶר
çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
סֵתֶר çêther
a cover (in a good or a bad, a literal or a figurative sense)
Study H5643 →נֶשֶׁף nesheph
properly, a breeze, i.e. (by implication) dusk (when the evening breeze prevails)
Study H5399 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →פָּנִים pânîym
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.)
Study H6440 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →Cross References
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
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 f...
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 they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
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.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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