Job 31:3
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
4Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps?
Cross References
Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.
Job 21:30That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?
Psalms 55:23(55-24) But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee.
Proverbs 1:27When your dread cometh as a storm, and your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; when trouble and distress come upon you.
Proverbs 21:15To do justly is joy to the righteous, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
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 →