Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Job 31:12 in other translations
| BSB | For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; it would root out my entire harvest. |
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| WEB | for it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. |
| ASV | For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. |
| YLT | For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root, |
| DARBY | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. |
| BBE | It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce. |
| Webster | For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase. |
What does Job 31:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 31:9-12
9-12. 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 31:9-15
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…
Job 31:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 31:12
- Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
- Jeremiah 5:7-9
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife. Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
- Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
- Proverbs 3:33
The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
- Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Context
- Job 31:11
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
- Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
- Job 31:13
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Job 31:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque es fuego que devoraría hasta el sepulcro, y desarraigaría toda mi hacienda. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car c’est un feu qui dévore jusque dans l’abîme et qui détruirait par la racine tout mon revenu… |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ein Feuer ist es, das bis zum Abgrund frißt, und das meinen ganzen Ertrag entwurzeln würde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ignis est usque ad perditionem devorans, et omnia eradicans genimina. |