Job 31:11
9 If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
12 For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
- KJV
- For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
- WEB
- For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
- ASV
- For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
- DARBY
- For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:
- BLB
- For it [is] wickedness, and it [is] to be judged an iniquity.
- ÅB
- For slikt er en skjenselsdåd, det er en misgjerning, hjemfalt til dom;
- OTB
- For det ville være en skammelig handling;
Dessuten ville det være en urett som dommere kunne straffe. - B1930
- For slikt er en skjenselsdåd, det er en misgjerning, hjemfalt til dom;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Read in contextJob 31:28
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 22:22–24
If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
Read in contextGenesis 38:24
About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
Read in contextEzekiel 16:38
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
Read in contextProverbs 6:29–33
So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Read in contextExodus 20:14
You shall not commit adultery.
Read in contextGenesis 20:9
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
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