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Job 24:15
The adulterer waits for the "twilight," i. e. of even. Then he disguises himself, or puts a cover on his face, that he may enter undetected the house of his neighbour.
The adulterer waits for the "twilight," i. e. of even. Then he disguises himself, or puts a cover on his face, that he may enter undetected the house of his neighbour.
Verse Job 24:15. _THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER_] This is another sin particularly of the city. The _adulterer_ has made his _assignation_; he has _marked the house_ of her into whose good graces he...
THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER WAITETH FOR THE TWILIGHT; - compare the description in Proverbs 7:8, “He went the way to her house; in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.” AND DIS...
CHAPTER S 23-24 JOB'S REPLY _ 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1)_ 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1) 4. Job's further testimony as to the wicked ...
JOB 24. This chapter has since Merx in 1871 been subjected to much criticism, the general trend of which has been to deny the whole or a considerable part of the chapter to Job. Peake, however, consid...
TWILIGHT. darkness.. Homonym. See notes on 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Kings 7:5....
THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER— The 16th verse appears to refer to the _thief or house-breaker,_ mentioned Job 24:14, in which case this verse must stand in a parenthesis. See Heath and Schultens. I wo...
The lovers of darkness (Job 24:13-17) TEXT 24:13-17 13 THESE ARE OF THEM THAT REBEL AGAINST THE LIGHT; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer riseth with t...
_THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER WAITETH FOR THE TWILIGHT, SAYING, NO EYE SHALL SEE ME: AND DISGUISETH HIS FACE._ (Proverbs 7:9; Psalms 10:11.) DISGUISETH - puts a veil on....
JOB'S SEVENTH SPEECH (CONCLUDED) 1-25. Job continues to express his perplexity at the ways of Providence in the ordering of the world. The poor and the weak suffer; violence and wrong go unpunished....
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 24 JOB CONTINUES HIS SPEECH...
This behaviour is the opposite of normal behaviour. Normally, we work during the day. And we do our other activities during the day. Before people had electricity, this was especially important. Peopl...
וְ עֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭ אמֹר
XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1; Job 24:1 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again today, my plain...
NOT HERE, BUT HEREAFTER Job 24:1 Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life o...
Passing from the personal aspect of his problem, Job considered it in its wider application. He asked the reason of God's noninterference, and then proceeded to describe the evidences of it. Men still...
The eye also of the (q) adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face. (q) By these particular vices and the licence of it, he would prove that God did no...
_Face. Septuagint insinuate "with a mask." Protestants, "disguiseth his face."_...
(11) Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (12) Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. ...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER WAITETH FOR THE TWILIGHT,.... Not of the morning, which would not give him time enough to satiate his lust, but of the evening, that he may have the whole night before hi...
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face. Ver. 15. _The eye also of the adulterer waiteth_] Observeth, expecteth, and longeth til...
_The murderer rising with the light_ As soon as the light appears, using no less diligence in his wicked practices than labourers do in their honest and daily employments; _killeth the poor and needy_...
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, the approach of the evening when he can follow his unclean craft, SAYING, NO EYE SHALL SEE ME; AND DISGUISETH HIS FACE, putting on not only a he...
THE HIDDEN WAYS OF GOD WITH REGARD TO THE WICKED...
DOES GOD FAIL TO GOVERN PROPERLY? (vv.1-12) "Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? Why do not they who know Him see His days?" (v.1 - JND trans.) Job wonders why God (who is Almighty) do...
DISGUISETH HIS FACE: _ Heb._ setteth his face in secret...
Here is the adulterer, who waits for night, and disguises himself, and claims that no one sees him. "As the prostitute seeks the double protection of disguise and darkness (Proverbs 7:9), here the adu...
13-17 See what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take, who make provision for the flesh...
THE EYE OF THE ADULTERER, i.e. the adulterer; but he mentions his eye, because the eye discerns the difference between light and darkness. THE TWILIGHT, to wit, for the evening twilight, which is his...
Job 24:15 eye H5869 adulterer H5003 (H8802) waits H8104 (H8804) twilight H5399 Saying H559 (H8800) eye...
Job 24:1. _Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?_ «Why do they live so long? Why do they appear to have such prosperity?» Job 24:2. Some remove...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. The prosperity of the wicked. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: Though wicked men seem sometimes to be under the special protection of divine providence, e...
Job 24:3. _They drive away the ass of the fatherless._ In Job's time there was no regular government or empire, to bring neighbouring tyrants to justice; proof sufficient that this book is of the high...
_Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty._ GREAT CRIMES NOT ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY GREAT PUNISHMENT IN THIS LIFE I. Great crimes have prevailed on the earth from the earliest times. Amongst t...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:1 Job wishes that God’s plans for the world and for Job would be more apparent. ⇐ ⇔...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:13 Job describes people who oppose wisdom and righteousness as THOSE WHO REBEL AGAINST THE LIGHT. Their reversal of the typical times of sleep and activity (DEEP DARKNESS has become...
_CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ_ Prosecutes his own view of the Divine government. Enlarges on the crimes of one part of men and the sufferings of another as the consequences of them, to shew...
EXPOSITION The general subject of this chapter is the prosperity of the wicked, whose proceedings and their results are traced out in detail (Job 24:2). A single note of perplexity (Job 24:1) forms a...
Now, why, seeing the times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? Some [now you've accused me of these things, but there are some] that remove the landmarks; and vio...
2 Samuel 11:4; 2 Samuel 12:12; Exodus 20:14; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9: