Job 31:12
Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
13If I refused the right of my servant, or my handmaid, when they contended with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of Yahweh, is in the house of the lawless one, but, the home of the righteous, he blesseth.
Jeremiah 5:7How, for this, can I pardon thee? Thine own sons, have forsaken me, And have sworn by No-gods,—When I had fed them to the full, Then committed they adultery, And the house of the unchaste woman, they used to throng:
Hebrews 13:4Let marriage be honourable in all, and the bed undefiled, for, fornicators and adulterers, God, will judge.
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 →