Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For this is an infamy; yea, it is an iniquity [to be judged by] the judges:
13If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, flowing away in the day of his anger.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; but he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swear by them that are not God. I have satiated them, and they have committed adultery, and they troop to the harlots' house.
Hebrews 13:4[Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:10-16
9 If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. 12 For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; 14 What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I… Read the whole commentary →