The Pulpit Commentary on Job 24:15

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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. There is an analogy between moral and physical light, and between moral and physical darkness. The class of men here spoken of (Job 24:14-16), who have rebelled against moral light (Job 24:13), and refused its ways, and rejected its paths, are no great lovers of physical light.

Their deeds of darkness are only suited to be done in the dark, and they wait for the evening twilight or the dusk of dawn to engage in them. And he disguiseth his face. As a further precaution against discovery, the adulterer disguiseth, or covereth up, his face.

The same is often done by thieves and murderers.

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