Job 31:3
Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
In Context
2For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?
4Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?
Cross References
Judges 9:53But a certaine woman cast a piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs head, and brake his braine pan.
Job 21:30But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
Proverbs 1:27Whe your feare cometh like sudden desolation, and your destruction shall come like a whirle wind: whe affliction and anguish shall come vpon you,
Proverbs 21:15It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.
Matthew 7:13Enter in at the streight gate: for it is the wide gate, and broade way that leadeth to destruction: and many there be which goe in thereat,
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 →