Job 31:12

Job 31:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
• New International Version (NIV)It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

Context of Job 31:12

10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her. 11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own. 13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me, 14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

Job 31:12 word by word

כִּ֤י אֵ֣שׁ הִ֭יא עַד־אֲבַדּ֣וֹן תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּֽבְכָל־תְּב֖וּאָתִ֣י תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• consumethאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• to destructionאֲבַדּוֹן'ăbaddôn · AbaddonH11
• and would root outשָׁרַשׁshârash · to uprootH8327
• all mine increaseתְּבוּאָהtebû'âh · produceH8393

Cross-references for Job 31:12

• Proverbs 3:33The Lord curses the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the upright.
• Proverbs 6:27Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire?
• Jeremiah 5:7“How can I pardon you? For even your children have turned from me. They have sworn by gods that are not gods at all! I fed my people until they were full. But they thanked me by committing adultery and lining up at the brothels.
• Malachi 3:5“At that time I will put you on trial. I am eager to witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
• Hebrews 13:4Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Commentaries on Job 31:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12For it is a fire - Nothing is so destructive of domestic peace. Where jealousy exists, unmixed misery dwells; and the adulterer and fornicator waste their substance on the unlawful objects of their impure affections.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction - This may mean that such an offence would be a crime that would provoke God to send destruction, like a consuming fire upon the offender (Rosenmuller and Noyes), or more likely it is designed to be descriptive of the nature of the sin itself. According to this, the meaning is, that indulgence in this sin tends wholly to ruin and destroy a man. It is like a consuming fire, which sweeps away everything before…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. 12The Old Testament rarely links fire with hell (Abaddon) or the grave (see Deuteronomy 32:22).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

Topics related to Job 31:12

• Adultery
• Integrity
• Lust
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Abaddon
• Bosom
• Instead
• Lift
• Root
• Apollyon
• Asmodaeus
• Charm
• Death
• Job, Book of

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