Job 31:28
It also [is] a judicial iniquity, || For I had lied to God above.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
27And my heart is enticed in secret, || And my hand kisses my mouth,
29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, || And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:2When there is found in your midst, in one of your cities which your God YHWH is giving to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of your God YHWH by transgressing His covenant,
Deuteronomy 17:9and have come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in those days, and have inquired, and they have declared the word of judgment to you,
Joshua 24:27And Joshua says to all the people, “Behold, this stone is for a witness against us, for it has heard all the sayings of YHWH which He has spoken with us, and it has been for a witness against you, lest you lie against your God.”
Job 9:15Whom, though I were righteous, I do not answer, || For my judgment I make supplication.
Job 31:11For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Proverbs 30:9Lest I become satiated, and have denied, || And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, || And have laid hold of the Name of my God.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:25-33
Job's Abhorrence of Idolatry. ( b. c. 1520.) 24 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him… Read the whole commentary →