New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 31:20-28
20If his waist has not 1thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,21If I have lifted up my hand against 2the orphan, Because I saw 3I had support 4in the gate,22May my shoulder fall from its 5socket, And my 6arm be broken off 7at the elbow.23For 8disaster from God is a terror to me, And because of 9His majesty I can do nothing.
24“If I have put my confidence in 10gold, And called fine gold my trust,25If I have 11gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had obtained so much;26If I have 12looked at the 13sun when it shone, Or the moon going in splendor,27And my heart was secretly enticed, And my hand 14threw a kiss from my mouth,28That too would have been 15a guilty deed calling for 16judgment, For I would have 17denied God above.
Notes
- 1. Job 31:20 Lit blessed; i.e., for clothing ↩
- 2. Job 31:21 Job 29:12; 31:17 ↩
- 3. Job 31:21 Lit my help ↩
- 4. Job 31:21 Job 29:7 ↩
- 5. Job 31:22 Lit neck-joint ↩
- 6. Job 31:22 Job 38:15 ↩
- 7. Job 31:22 Lit from the bone of the upper arm ↩
- 8. Job 31:23 Job 31:3 ↩
- 9. Job 31:23 Job 13:11 ↩
- 10. Job 31:24 Job 22:24; Mark 10:23-25 ↩
- 11. Job 31:25 Job 1:3, 10; Ps 62:10 ↩
- 12. Job 31:26 Deut 4:19; 17:3; Ezek 8:16 ↩
- 13. Job 31:26 Lit light ↩
- 14. Job 31:27 Lit kissed my mouth ↩
- 15. Job 31:28 Deut 17:2-7; Job 31:11 ↩
- 16. Job 31:28 Lit judges ↩
- 17. Job 31:28 Josh 24:27; Is 59:13 ↩
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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