Job 31:12
For it would be a fire that consumeth down to the place of corruption, and would root out all my products.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For this would be incest; yea, it would be an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges;
Cross References
Job 20:28The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked; but the habitation of the righteous will he bless.
Jeremiah 5:7How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot's house.
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 →