Job 24:15

“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, etc.] 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 him to gratify his impure desires, and that these may be indulged in the most private and secret manner; and having fixed the time in the evening with his adulteress, he waits with impatience, and earnestly wishes and longs for its coming, and diligently looks out for the close of day, and takes the first opportunity of the darkness of the evening to set out on his adventure, (see <200707> Proverbs 7:7-9); and the “eye” is particularly observed, not only because that is the instrument by which…”

“(Pro 7:9; Psa 10:11). disguiseth--puts a veil on.”

“The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight; - compare the description in Proverbs 7:8-9, “He went the way to her house; in the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night.” And disguiseth his face - Margin, “setteth his face in secret.” The meaning is, that he put a mask on his face, lest he should be recognized. So Juvenal, Sat. viii. 144, as quoted by Noyes: - si nocturnus adulter Tempora Santonico velas adoperta cucullo. These deeds of wickedness were then performed in the night, as they are still; and yet, though the eye of God beheld them, he did not punish them. The meaning of Job is, that people were allowed to commit the blackest crimes, but that God did not…”

“eye: Exo 20:14; Sa2 11:4-13, Sa2 12:12; Psa 50:18; Pro 6:32-35, Pro 7:9, Pro 7:10 No eye: Job 22:13, Job 22:14; Psa 10:11, Psa 73:11, Psa 94:7; Eze 8:12, Eze 9:9 disguiseth his face: Heb. setteth his face in secret, Or, "putteth a covering on his face;" probably the hood of the burnoose, or cloak, which the Arabs sometimes throw over their other garments. Gen 38:14, Gen 38:15 Job 24:16”