Job 31:3

Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, and rejection to them that do iniquity.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

In Context

2Now what portion has God given from above? and is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest?

4Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

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Cross References

Judges 9:53And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

Job 21:30For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.

Proverbs 1:27yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.

Proverbs 21:15It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers.

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 →

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