Job 31:12

כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד ־ אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל וּֽבְכָל ־ תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵֽשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

In Context

11כִּי ־ הוא זִמָּה והיא עָוֺן פְּלִילִֽים ׃

13אִם ־ אֶמְאַס מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדִּי וַאֲמָתִי בְּרִבָם עִמָּדִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Job 20:28יִגֶל יְבוּל בֵּיתוֹ נִגָּרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַפּֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 3:33מְאֵרַת יְהוָה בְּבֵית רָשָׁע וּנְוֵה צַדִּיקִים יְבָרֵֽךְ ׃

Jeremiah 5:7אֵי לָזֹאת אסלוח ־ לָךְ בָּנַיִךְ עֲזָבוּנִי וַיִּשָּׁבְעוּ בְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים וָאַשְׂבִּעַ אוֹתָם וַיִּנְאָפוּ וּבֵית זוֹנָה יִתְגֹּדָֽדוּ ׃

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 →

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