Job 24:15
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens : Non me videbit oculus : et operiet vultum suum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὀφθαλμὸς μοιχοῦ ἐφύλαξεν σκότος, λέγων Οὐ προσνοήσει με ὀφθαλμός, καὶ ἀποκρυβὴν προσώπου ἔθετο.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים
Haydock's commentary
Face. Septuagint insinuate "with a mask." Protestants, "disguiseth his face."
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Ambrose On the Duties of the Clergy, Chapter XIV. Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things
54. The idea of these people will not trouble us much if we look at their actions. They will not have Him to be judge over them, Whom nothing deceives; they will not grant to Him the knowledge of things hidden, for they are afraid their own hidden things may be brought to light. But the Lord, also, “knowing their works, has given them over unto darkness. In the night,” he says, “he will be as a thief, and the eye of the adulterer will watch for the darkness, saying, No eye shall see me; he hath covered up his face.” For every one that avoids the light loves darkness, seeking to be hid, though he cannot be hid from God, Who knows not only what is transacted, but also what will be thought of, both in the depths of space and in the minds of men. …