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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ועין נאף שמרה נשף לאמר-- לא-תשורני עין וסתר פנים ישים
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
v`yn nAp SHmrh nSHp lAmr-- lA-tSHvrny `yn vstr pnym ySHym

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
oculus adulteri observat caliginem dicens non me videbit oculus et operiet vultum suum

King James Variants
American King James Version   
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Authorized (King James) Version   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
New King James Version   
The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face.
21st Century King James Version   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye shall see me,’ and disguiseth his face.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and he disguiseth his face.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.
God's Word   
Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, 'No one is watching us,' as they cover their faces.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me; he covers his face.
International Standard Version   
The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.
NET Bible   
And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.
New American Standard Bible   
"The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face.
New International Version   
The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.
New Living Translation   
The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No one will see me then.' He hides his face so no one will know him.
Webster's Bible Translation   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
The World English Bible   
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Adulterers wait until it is becoming dark. They think that no one will see them. They cover their faces so that no one will recognize them.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
New Life Version   
The eye of the one who is not faithful in marriage waits for the evening, saying, ‘No one will see me.’ And he covers his face.
The Voice Bible   
And the eye of the adulterer waits for the onset of dusk; he thinks, “No one will see me,” because he disguises his face.
Living Bible   
They are murderers who rise in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night they are thieves and adulterers, waiting for the twilight ‘when no one will see me,’ they say. They mask their faces so no one will know them.
New Catholic Bible   
“The eye of the adulterer also waits eagerly for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me.’
Legacy Standard Bible   
The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he keeps his face hidden.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and disguises his face.
Christian Standard Bible   
The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and he puts a disguise upon his face.
New Century Version   
Those who are guilty of adultery watch for the night, thinking, ‘No one will see us,’ and they keep their faces covered.
The Message   
“Then there are those who avoid light at all costs, who scorn the light-filled path. When the sun goes down, the murderer gets up— kills the poor and robs the defenseless. Sexual predators can’t wait for nightfall, thinking, ‘No one can see us now.’ Burglars do their work at night, but keep well out of sight through the day. They want nothing to do with light. Deep darkness is morning for that bunch; they make the terrors of darkness their companions in crime.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The eye of an adulterer keeps watch for twilight. He says, “No eye can get a good look at me.” He wears a mask over his face.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.
Good News Translation®   
The adulterer waits for twilight to come; he covers his face so that no one can see him.
Wycliffe Bible   
The eye of [the] adulterer keepeth darkness, and saith, An eye shall not see me; and he shall cover his face. (The eye of the adulterer waiteth for the darkness, and saith, No eye shall see me; but he shall still cover his face.)
Contemporary English Version   
Others wait for the dark, thinking they won't be seen if they sleep with the wife or husband of someone else.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, “No eye will see me”; and he disguises his face.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, No eye can see me, and puts a mask over his face.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ And he covers his face.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight; he says, “No eye will see me.” He puts a mask over his face;
New American Standard Bible   
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.
The Expanded Bible   
·Those who are guilty of adultery [L The eyes of the adulterer] watch for the ·night [dusk], thinking, ‘No ·one [L eye] will see us,’ and they keep their faces covered [Prov. 7:6–9].
Tree of Life Version   
The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face.
Revised Standard Version   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.
New International Reader's Version   
Those who commit adultery wait until the sun goes down. They think, ‘No one will see us.’ They keep their faces hidden.
BRG Bible   
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The eye of the adulterer too waits for twilight; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me’; but [to be sure], he covers his face.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, “No eye will see me”; and he disguises his face.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
The eye also of the no’ef is shomer, watching for the dusk’s twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and puts something to hide his face.
Names of God Bible   
Adulterers watch for twilight. They say, ‘No one is watching us,’ as they cover their faces.
Modern English Version   
Also the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he disguises his face.
Easy-to-Read Version   
A man who commits adultery waits for the night to come. He thinks, ‘No one will see me,’ but still, he covers his face.
International Children’s Bible   
The person who is guilty of adultery watches for the night. He thinks, ‘No one will see me.’ And he keeps his face covered.
Lexham English Bible   
And the eye of the adulterer waits for dusk, saying, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he places a covering on his face.
New International Version - UK   
The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, “No eye will see me,” and he keeps his face concealed.