Job 31:9
If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
In Context
8Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
10Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:21Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife: nor his house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.
1 Kings 11:4And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by women to follow strange gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.
Job 24:15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 6:27Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:2-9
Job's Vindication of Himself. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? 2 For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? 4 Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. 7 If my step hath… Read the whole commentary →