New English Translation
Job 31:28
28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.
Job 31:28 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
- New International Version (NIV)then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
- English Standard Version (ESV)this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.
- New King James Version (NKJV)This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
Context of Job 31:28
26if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, 27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above. 29If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him – 30I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse –
Read all of Job 31Job 31:28 word by word
גַּם־ה֭וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:28
- Job 31:11For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.
- Job 9:15Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy.
- Job 23:7There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
- Deuteronomy 17:2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you – in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you – who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant
- Judges 11:27I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”
- Psalms 50:6The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah)
- Hebrews 12:23and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,
- Joshua 24:23Joshua said, “Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel.”
- Proverbs 30:9lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 2:23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- Jude 1:4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you – men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe – ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Job 31:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28For I should have denied the God that is above - Had I paid Divine adoration to them, I should have thereby denied the God that made them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judqe - Note Job 31:11. Among the Hebrews idolatry was an offence punishable by death by stoning; Deuteronomy 17:2-7. It is possible, also, that this might have been elsewhere in the patriarchal times a crime punishable in this manner. At all events, Job regarded it as a heinous offence, and one of which the magistrate ought to take cognizance. For I should have denied the God that is above - The worship of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 24-32 Job protests, 1. That he never set his heart upon the wealth of this world. How few prosperous professors can appeal to the Lord, that they have not rejoiced because their gains were great! Through the determination to be rich, numbers ruin their souls, or pierce themselves with many sorrows. 2. He never was guilty of idolatry. The source of idolatry is in the heart, and it corrupts men, and provokes God to send judgments upon a nation. 3. He…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28In Israel, the role of judges was to punish those worshiping idols (false gods) by execution (see 31:11; Deuteronomy 17:2–7). Denying God on high violated the first commandment (Deuteronomy 5:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. The Mosaic law embodied subsequently the feeling of the godly from the earliest times against idolatry, as deserving judicial penalties: being treason against the Supreme King (De 13:9; 17:2-7; Eze 8:14-18). This passage therefore does not prove Job to have been subsequent to Moses.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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