Job 31:9
7 If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
8 Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out.
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
- KJV
- If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- WEB
- “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
- ASV
- If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor`s door;
- DARBY
- If my heart have been enticed unto a woman, so that I laid wait at my neighbour's door,
- BLB
- If my heart has been enticed over a woman, or I have lain in wait at the door of my neighbor,
- ÅB
- Dersom mitt hjerte har latt seg dåre for en kvinnes skyld, og jeg har luret ved min nestes dør,
- OTB
- Hvis mitt hjerte har blitt lokket av en kvinne,
Eller jeg har ventet ved min nabos dør, - B1930
- Dersom mitt hjerte har latt sig dåre for en kvinnes skyld, og jeg har luret ved min næstes dør,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 11:4
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Read in contextJudges 16:5
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Read in contextProverbs 2:16–19
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Read in contextJeremiah 5:8
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Read in contextNehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Read in contextJob 24:15–16
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
Read in contextHosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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