Job 24:17 — Meaning and Application

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth {his} face. {disguiseth...: Heb. setteth his face in secret}

In the dark they dig through houses, {which} they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

For the morning {is} to them even as the shadow of death: if {one} know {them, they are in} the terrors of the shadow of death.

He {is} swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: {so doth} the grave {those which} have sinned. {consume: Heb. violently take}