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Job 31:5-23
5If I have walkedH1980 with falsehoodH7723, and my footH7272 hath hasted to deceitH4820,
6(Let me be weighedH8254 in an even balance, and 1GodH433 will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)
7If my stepH838 have turnedH5186 out of the wayH1870, and my heartH3820 followed mine eyesH5869, and if any blot cleaveth to my handsH3709;
8Let me sowH2232, and another eatH398; and let mine offspring be rooted out.
9If my heartH3820 have been enticedH6601 unto a womanH802, so that I laid waitH693 at my neighbour's doorH6607,
10Let my wifeH802 grindH2912 for another, and let othersH312 bowH3766 downH3766 upon her.
11For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquityH5771 [to be judged by] the judges:
12For it is a fireH784 that consumeth to destruction, and would rootH8327 out all mine increase.
13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contendedH7378 with me,
14What then should I do when 2GodH410 riseth up? and if he visitedH6485, what should I answer him?
15Did not he that madeH6213 me in the wombH990 makeH6213 him? and did not OneH259 fashion us in the wombH990?
16If I have withheldH4513 the poorH1800 from [their] desireH2656, or caused the eyesH5869 of the widowH490 to failH3615;
17Or have eatenH398 my morselH6595 aloneH905, so that the fatherlessH3490 ateH398 not thereof,
18(For from my youthH5271 he grewH1431 up with me as with a fatherH1, and I have guidedH5148 the [widow] from my mother's wombH990;)
19If I have seenH7200 any perishingH6 for want of clothingH3830, or any needyH34 without coveringH3682;
20If his loinsH2504 have not blessedH1288 me, and if he were not warmedH2552 with the fleeceH1488 of my lambsH3532;
21If I have lifted up my handH3027 against an orphan, because I sawH7200 my helpH5833 in the gateH8179:
22[Then] let my shoulderH3802 fallH5307 from the shoulder-blade, and mine armH248 be brokenH7665 from the bone!
23For calamityH343 from 3GodH410 was a terrorH6343 to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
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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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