New Living Translation
Job 31:28
28If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
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
26“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway, 27and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship? If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven. 29“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way? 30No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:28 word by word
גַּם־ה֭וּא עָוֹ֣ן פְּלִילִ֑י כִּֽי־כִחַ֖שְׁתִּי לָאֵ֣ל מִמָּֽעַל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:28
- Job 31:11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.
- Job 9:15Even if I were right, I would have no defense. I could only plead for mercy.
- Job 23:7Honest people can reason with him, so I would be forever acquitted by my judge.
- Genesis 18:25Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous along with the wicked. Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Deuteronomy 17:2“When you begin living in the towns the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman among you might do evil in the sight of the Lord your God and violate the covenant.
- Judges 11:27Therefore, I have not sinned against you. Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. Let the Lord, who is judge, decide today which of us is right—Israel or Ammon.”
- Psalms 50:6Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
- Hebrews 12:23You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect.
- Joshua 24:23“All right then,” Joshua said, “destroy the idols among you, and turn your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel.”
- Proverbs 30:9For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 2:23Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
- Jude 1:4I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied 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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