King James Version
Job 31:9
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
Job 31:9 in other versions
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,
Context of Job 31:9
7If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; 8Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door; 10Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
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אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 31:9
- Judges 16:5And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
- 1 Kings 11:4For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
- Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 7:21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Job 24:15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
- Jeremiah 5:8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
- Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be 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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