Job 31:3

Alas! destruction to the unrighteous, 1 And rejection to them that do iniquity. 1

Updated 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? 1 And is there an inheritance given of the Mighty One from the highest? 1

4Will he not see my way, 1 And number all my steps? 1

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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: 1 They shall be led away for the day of his vengeance. 1

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

Proverbs 21:15It is the joy of the righteous to do judgment: 1 But a holy man is abominable with evildoers. 1

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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