Job 31:12
For it is a fire burning on every side, and whomsoever it attacks, it utterly destroys.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, in the case of defiling another man's wife.
13And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;
Cross References
Job 20:28Let destruction bring his house to an end; let a day of wrath come upon him.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
Jeremiah 5:7In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.
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 →