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Job 31:9
9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
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;
- 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,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,
Context of Job 31:9
7if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, 8then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted. “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her. 11For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.
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אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 31:9
- Judges 16:5The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him into showing you the secret of his great strength and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
- 1 Kings 11:4As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father had been.
- Nehemiah 13:26Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.
- Proverbs 2:16Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;
- Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- Proverbs 7:21With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a trap and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner she will ensnare.
- Job 24:15The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.
- Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife.
- Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the kneading of the dough till it rises.
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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