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Job 31:9
9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,
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;
- New International Version (NIV)“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’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,
Context of Job 31:9
7If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin, 8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted. “If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife, 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.
Read all of Job 31Job 31:9 word by word
אִם־נִפְתָּ֣ה לִ֭בִּי עַל־אִשָּׁ֑ה וְעַל־פֶּ֖תַח רֵעִ֣י אָרָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 31:9
- Judges 16:5The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice Samson to tell you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”
- 1 Kings 11:4In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.
- Nehemiah 13:26“Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.
- Proverbs 2:16Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.
- Proverbs 6:25Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
- Proverbs 7:21So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap; those who make the Lord angry will fall into it.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I discovered that a seductive woman is a trap more bitter than death. Her passion is a snare, and her soft hands are chains. Those who are pleasing to God will escape her, but sinners will be caught in her snare.
- Job 24:15The adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No one will see me then.’ He hides his face so no one will know him.
- Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.
- Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot while the baker is kneading the dough.
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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