Job 31:11
For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
In Context
10Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
Cross References
Genesis 26:10And Abimelech said: Why hadst thou deceived us? Some man of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us a great sin. And he commanded all the people, saying:
Genesis 39:9But he, in no wise consenting to that wicked act, said to her: Behold, my master hath delivered all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in his own house:
Leviticus 20:10If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife, let then: be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.
Job 31:28Which is a very great iniquity, and a denial against the most high God.
Ezekiel 16:38And I will judge thee as adulteresses, and they that shed blood are judged: and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
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 →