Job 31:12
For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
13If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me —
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
Jeremiah 5:7Wherefore should I pardon thee? The children have forsaken Me, and sworn by no-gods; and when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the 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 →