New International Version
Job 31:28
28then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
Context of Job 31:28
26if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor, 27so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high. 29“If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him— 30I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—
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 that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.
- Job 9:15Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
- Job 23:7There the upright can establish their innocence before him, and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.
- Genesis 18:25Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
- Deuteronomy 17:2If a man or woman living among you in one of the towns the Lord gives you is found doing evil in the eyes of the Lord your God in violation of his covenant,
- Judges 11:27I have not wronged you, but you are doing me wrong by waging war against me. Let the Lord, the Judge, decide the dispute this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
- Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
- Hebrews 12:23to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
- Joshua 24:23“Now then,” said Joshua, “throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
- Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 2:23No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
- Jude 1:4For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
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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