New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 31:9
Job 31:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- 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,
Context of Job 31:9
7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, 8Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway, 10May my wife grind grain for another, And let others kneel down over her. 11For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be wrongdoing punishable by judges.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:9 word by word
אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 31:9
- Judges 16:5So the governors of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we can overpower him so that we may bind him to humble him. Then we will each give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
- 1 Kings 11:4For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of his father David had been.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did Solomon the king of Israel not sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet the foreign women caused even him to sin.
- Proverbs 2:16To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;
- Proverbs 6:25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 7:21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I discovered as more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
- Job 24:15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he disguises his face.
- Jeremiah 5:8They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing at his neighbor’s wife.
- Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker, Who stops stoking the fire From the time the dough is kneaded until it is 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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