Job 31:3

Job 31:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
• New International Version (NIV)Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

Context of Job 31:3

1I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid? 2For what would have been [my] portion of God from above, and what the heritage of the Almighty from on high? Is not calamity for the unrighteous? and misfortune for the workers of iniquity? 4Doth not he see my ways, and number all my steps? 5If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

Job 31:3 word by word

הֲלֹא־אֵ֥יד לְעַוָּ֑ל וְ֝נֵ֗כֶר לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃Read the interlinear

• calamityאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343

Cross-references for Job 31:3

• Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
• Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
• Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
• Proverbs 1:27when your fear cometh as sudden destruction, and your calamity cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you:
• Proverbs 10:29The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect [man], but destruction to the workers of iniquity.
• Proverbs 21:15It is joy to a righteous [man] to do what is right; but it is ruin for the workers of iniquity.
• Matthew 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
• Romans 9:22And if God, minded to shew his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction;
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9who shall pay the penalty [of] everlasting destruction from [the] presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might,
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
• Isaiah 28:21For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted act.
• Jude 1:7as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities around them, committing greedily fornication, in like manner with them, and going after other flesh, lie there as an example, undergoing the judgment of eternal fire.

Commentaries on Job 31:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Is not destruction to the wicked - If I had been guilty of such secret hypocritical proceedings, professing faith in the true God while in eye and heart an idolater, would not such a worker of iniquity be distinguished by a strange and unheard-of punishment?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Is not destruction to the wicked? - That is, Job says that he was well aware that destruction would overtake the wicked, and that if he had given indulgence to impure desires he could have looked for nothing else. Well knowing this, he says, he had guarded himself in the most careful manner from sin, and had labored with the greatest assiduity to keep his eyes and his heart pure. And a strange punishment - - ונכר weneker The word used here, means…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Job called down wrong against himself (curses) if he was guilty of the accusations against him. Apart from mentioning idolatry (worship of false gods), Job spoke about how loyal he was to God by focusing on the second half of the Ten Commandments (31:26–27). The summary of these is: “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-40Job 31:1-40. 1. Job proceeds to prove that he deserved a better lot. As in the twenty-ninth chapter, he showed his uprightness as an emir, or magistrate in public life, so in this chapter he vindicates his character in private life. 1-4. He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses. think--rather, "cast a (lustful) look." He not merely did not so, but put it out of the question by covenanting with his eyes against leading him into…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 31:3

• Fear of God
• Integrity
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Charm
• Job, Book of
• Worker; Workfellow; Workman

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