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15 The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight;(A)
    he says, “No eye will see me.”
He puts a mask over his face;

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15 The eye of the adulterer(A) watches for dusk;(B)
    he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(C)
    and he keeps his face concealed.

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The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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The eyes(A) of the Lord are everywhere,(B)
    keeping watch on the wicked and the good.(C)

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11 Sheol and Abaddon[a] lie open before the Lord;
    how much more the hearts of mortals!

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11 Sheol and Abaddon: terms for the abode of the dead, signifying the profound obscurity which is open nevertheless to the sight and power of God; cf. 27:20.

11 Death and Destruction[a] lie open before the Lord(A)
    how much more do human hearts!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:11 Hebrew Abaddon

The crucible for silver, and the furnace for gold,
    but the tester of hearts is the Lord.

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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,(A)
    but the Lord tests the heart.(B)

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12     because you said, “We didn’t know about it”?
Surely, the Searcher of hearts knows
    and will repay all according to their deeds.(A)

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12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(A) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(B) everyone according to what they have done?(C)

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15 Ah! You who would hide a plan
    too deep for the Lord!
Who work in the dark, saying,
    “Who sees us, who knows us?”(A)

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15 Woe to those who go to great depths
    to hide(A) their plans from the Lord,
who do their work in darkness and think,
    “Who sees us?(B) Who will know?”(C)

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12 Then he said to me: Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his idol chamber? They think: “The Lord cannot see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.”(A)

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12 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of Israel are doing in the darkness,(A) each at the shrine of his own idol? They say, ‘The Lord does not see(B) us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”

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