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Job 31:12
12If I loved another woman, it would be like a dangerous fire. It would destroy everything that I have worked hard to get.
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
10If I had done those things, my wife should prepare food for another man. It would be right for other men to have sex with her. 11I would not have been faithful to my wife. I would have done a wicked thing and I would deserve punishment. If I loved another woman, it would be like a dangerous fire. It would destroy everything that I have worked hard to get. 13When my servants complain against me, I have always been fair to them. 14If I had been cruel to them, God would be right to punish me. When God judges me, I would have no answer to excuse myself.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:12 word by word
כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:12
- Proverbs 3:33The Lord curses the homes of wicked people, but he blesses the homes of righteous people.
- Proverbs 6:27You cannot carry fire next to your body and not burn your clothes.
- Jeremiah 5:7The Lord said, ‘Jerusalem, I have to punish you. Your people have turned away from me. They have served gods that are not true gods. I gave them everything that they needed. But they left me, like a wife who leaves her husband. The men hurry to the houses of prostitutes.
- Malachi 3:5At that time, I will come among you as your judge. I will speak clearly against those who have done wrong things. I will punish the magicians, the adulterers and those who tell lies against other people. I will punish those people who are cruel to their workers, or they deceive widows or children who have no family. And I will punish those who do not help foreigners who live among them. People who do those things show that they do not respect me.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
- Hebrews 13:4When a man and a woman have married each other, they must each respect the marriage. Husbands and wives must only have sex with each other. God will punish anyone who has sex with another person's husband or wife. He will punish anyone who has sex in a wrong way.
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
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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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