Job 31:28
(This also had bene an iniquitie to be condemned: for I had denied the God aboue)
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
27If mine heart did flatter me in secrete, or if my mouth did kisse mine hand,
29If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:2If there be founde among you in any of thy cities, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wickednes in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his couenant,
Deuteronomy 17:9And thou shalt come vnto the Priestes of the Leuites, and vnto the iudge that shall be in those daies, and aske, and they shall shewe thee the sentence of iudgement,
Joshua 24:27And Ioshua saide vnto all the people, Beholde, this stone shall be a witnesse vnto vs: for it hath heard all the wordes of the Lord which he spake with vs: it shall be therefore a witnesse against you, lest yee denie your God.
Job 9:15For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplication to my Iudge.
Job 31:11For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:
Proverbs 30:9Least I be full, and denie thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or least I be poore and steale, and take the Name of my God in vaine.
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 →