Job 31:28
That too, had been a judicial iniquity, For I should have been false to GOD, above.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
27And befooled secretly was my heart, so that my hand kissed my mouth,
29If rejoiced in the misfortune of him that hated me, or exulted when calamity found him;—
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:2When there shall be found in thy midst, within any of thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, man or woman who doeth the thing which is wicked in the eyes of Yahweh thy God by transgressing his covenant;
Deuteronomy 17:9and shalt come in unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge who shall be in those days,—and shalt enquire and they shall declare unto thee, the sentence of judgment;
Joshua 24:27And Joshua said unto all the people—Lo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us,—so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God.
Job 9:15Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.
Job 31:11Surely that had been a shameful thing! and that an iniquity for the judges!
Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
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 →