Christian Standard Bible
Job 31:9
9If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
Job 31:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- New International Version (NIV)“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
Context of Job 31:9
7If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, 8let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted. If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her. 11For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.
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אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:9
- Judges 16:5The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Persuade him to tell you where his great strength comes from, so we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless. Each of us will then give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
- 1 Kings 11:4When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
- Nehemiah 13:26Didn’t King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her words are smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:25Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
- Proverbs 7:21She seduces him with her persistent pleading; she lures with her flattering talk.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap: her heart a net and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
- Job 24:15The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
- Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife.
- Hosea 7:4All of them commit adultery; they are like an oven heated by a baker who stops stirring the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
Commentaries on Job 31:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman - The Septuagint add, ̔, another man's wife.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman - If I have been enticed by her beauty. The word rendered “deceived” פתה pâthâh means to open, to expand. It is then applied to that which is open or ingenuous; to that which is unsuspicious - like a youth; and thence is used in the sense of being deceived, or enticed; Deuteronomy 11:16; Exodus 22:16; Proverbs 1:10; Proverbs 16:29. The word “woman” here probably means a married woman, and stands opposed to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-15Verses 9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste. It kindles the fire of God's wrath, which, if not quenched by the blood of Christ, will consume even to eternal destruction. It consumes the body; it consumes the substance. Burning lusts bring burning judgments. Job had a numerous household, and he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10Whether she tempted him or he waited for her, if Job desired his neighbor’s wife, he would violate the seventh and tenth commandments (24:15–16; Deuteronomy 5:18, Matthew 5:27–28; Deuteronomy 5:21). grind for: This might refer to servitude or sexual relations (Exodus 11:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. Job asserts his innocence of adultery. deceived--hath let itself be seduced (Pr 7:8; Ge 39:7-12). laid wait--until the husband went out.Read the comment
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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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