Job 31:12

Job 31:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
• New International Version (NIV)It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

Context of Job 31:12

10Let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges: For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me, 14What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

Job 31:12 word by word

כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• rootשָׁרַשׁshârash · to uprootH8327

Cross-references for Job 31:12

• Proverbs 3:33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
• Proverbs 6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
• Jeremiah 5:7Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.
• Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in [his] wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
• Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

Commentaries on Job 31:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12For it is a fire - Nothing is so destructive of domestic peace. Where jealousy exists, unmixed misery dwells; and the adulterer and fornicator waste their substance on the unlawful objects of their impure affections.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction - This may mean that such an offence would be a crime that would provoke God to send destruction, like a consuming fire upon the offender (Rosenmuller and Noyes), or more likely it is designed to be descriptive of the nature of the sin itself. According to this, the meaning is, that indulgence in this sin tends wholly to ruin and destroy a man. It is like a consuming fire, which sweeps away everything before…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. 12The Old Testament rarely links fire with hell (Abaddon) or the grave (see Deuteronomy 32:22).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

Topics related to Job 31:12

• Adultery
• Integrity
• Lust
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Abaddon
• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Apollyon
• Asmodaeus
• Charm
• Death
• Job, Book of

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