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Job 31:19-34
19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor person without covering,
20If his loins have not thanked and blessed me [for clothing them], And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21If I have lifted my hand against the orphan, Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
22Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
23For tragedy from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty and exaltation I can do nothing [nor endure facing Him].
24“If I have put my trust and confidence in gold, Or have declared fine gold my hope and assurance,
25If I gloated and rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my [powerful] hand [alone] had obtained so much,
26If I beheld the sun [as an object of worship] when it shone Or the moon going in its splendor,
27And my heart became secretly enticed [by them], And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth [in respect to them],
28This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
29“Have I rejoiced at the destruction of the enemy [who hated me], Or exulted [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him?
30No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By cursing my enemy and asking for his life.
31I assure you, the men of my tent have said, ‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?
32The stranger has not lodged in the street, Because I have opened my door to the traveler.
33Have I concealed my transgressions like Adam or like other men, By hiding my wickedness in my bosom,
34Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence and did not acknowledge my sin and did not go out of the door?
Commentaries on Job 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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