Job 31:12
10 then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
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,
14 what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest.
- KJV
- For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- WEB
- for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
- ASV
- For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
- DARBY
- For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- BLB
- For it is a fire [that] devours unto Abaddon, and it would uproot among all my produce.
- ÅB
- det er en ild som fortærer like til avgrunnen; alt mitt gods skulle den gjøre ende på.
- OTB
- For det ville være en ild som fortærer til ødeleggelse,
Og ville rykke opp all min økning. - B1930
- det er en ild som fortærer like til avgrunnen; alt mitt gods skulde den gjøre ende på.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Read in contextJeremiah 5:7–9
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Read in contextHebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
Read in contextJob 26:6
Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
Read in contextJob 20:28
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
Read in contextProverbs 3:33
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
Read in contextJob 15:30
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Read in context