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15 The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
    saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
    and he disguises his face.(A)

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11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
    he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(A)

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in the twilight, in the evening,
    at the time of night and darkness.(A)

10 Then a woman comes toward him
    decked out like a prostitute, with hidden intent.

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He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of perversity, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’(A)

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12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”

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32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.(A)
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
    and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
    and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.(B)
35 He will accept no compensation
    and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.

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and they say, “The Lord does not see;
    the God of Jacob does not perceive.”(A)

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11 And they say, “How can God know?
    Is there knowledge in the Most High?”(A)

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18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
    and you keep company with adulterers.(A)

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13 Therefore you say, ‘What does God know?
    Can he judge through the deep darkness?(A)
14 Thick clouds enwrap him, so that he does not see,
    and he walks on the dome of heaven.’

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12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and in broad daylight.”(A)

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So David sent messengers to get her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she was purifying herself after her period.) Then she returned to her house.(A) The woman conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am pregnant.”(B)

So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. When Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab and the people fared and how the war was going. Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a present from the king.(C) But Uriah slept at the entrance of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house. 10 When they told David, “Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said to Uriah, “You have just come from a journey. Why did you not go down to your house?” 11 Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah remain in booths,[a] and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? As you live and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing.”(D) 12 Then David said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day. On the next day,[b] 13 David invited him to eat and drink in his presence and made him drunk, and in the evening he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.11 Or at Succoth
  2. 11.12 Gk ms Syr ms OL ms: Heb that day and the next

14 “You shall not commit adultery.(A)

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14 she put off her widow’s garments, put on a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah was grown up, yet she had not been given to him in marriage.(A) 15 When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

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