New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 31:5-17
5“If I have 1walked with deception, And my foot has hurried after deceit,6Let Him 2weigh me with 3accurate scales, And let God know 4my integrity.7If my step has 5turned from the way, Or my heart 6followed my eyes, Or if any 7spot has stuck to my hands,8Let me 8sow and another eat, And let my 910crops be uprooted.
9“If my heart has been 11enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,10May my wife 12grind grain for another, And let 13others 14kneel down over her.11For that would be a 15lustful crime; Moreover, it would be 16wrongdoing punishable by judges.12For it would be 17fire that consumes to 1819Abaddon, And would 20uproot all my 21increase.
13“If I have 22rejected the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,14What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, how am I to answer Him?15Did 23He who made me in the womb not make him, And the same one create us in the womb?
16“If I have kept 24the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of 25the widow to fail,17Or have 26eaten my morsel alone, And 27the orphan has not 28shared it
Notes
- 1. Job 31:5 Job 15:31; Mic 2:11 ↩
- 2. Job 31:6 Job 6:2, 3 ↩
- 3. Job 31:6 Lit just ↩
- 4. Job 31:6 Job 23:10; 27:5, 6 ↩
- 5. Job 31:7 Job 23:11 ↩
- 6. Job 31:7 Lit walked after ↩
- 7. Job 31:7 Job 9:30 ↩
- 8. Job 31:8 Lev 26:16; Job 20:18; Mic 6:15 ↩
- 9. Job 31:8 Or offspring ↩
- 10. Job 31:8 Job 31:12 ↩
- 11. Job 31:9 Job 24:15; 31:1 ↩
- 12. Job 31:10 Is 47:2 ↩
- 13. Job 31:10 Deut 28:30; Jer 8:10 ↩
- 14. Job 31:10 I.e., have sexual relations with her ↩
- 15. Job 31:11 Lev 20:10; Deut 22:24 ↩
- 16. Job 31:11 Job 31:28 ↩
- 17. Job 31:12 Job 15:30 ↩
- 18. Job 31:12 I.e., the place of destruction ↩
- 19. Job 31:12 Job 26:6 ↩
- 20. Job 31:12 Job 20:28; 31:8 ↩
- 21. Job 31:12 Or yield ↩
- 22. Job 31:13 Deut 24:14, 15 ↩
- 23. Job 31:15 Job 10:3 ↩
- 24. Job 31:16 Job 5:16; 20:19 ↩
- 25. Job 31:16 Ex 22:22-24; Job 22:9 ↩
- 26. Job 31:17 Job 22:7 ↩
- 27. Job 31:17 Job 29:12 ↩
- 28. Job 31:17 Lit eaten from it ↩
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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