Job 31:3

Is there not calamity, for the perverse? and misfortune, for the workers of iniquity?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

In Context

2Or what would have been my portion of GOD from above? Or what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

4Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?

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Cross References

Judges 9:53And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon the head of Abimelech,—and brake in pieces his skull.

Job 21:30That, to the day of calamity, is the wicked reserved, to the day of indignant visitation, are they led.

Psalms 55:23But, thou, O God, wilt bring them down to the pit of destruction, Men of bloodshed and deceit, shall not live out half their days; But, I, will trust in thee.

Proverbs 1:27When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

Proverbs 21:15It is a joy, to a righteous man, to do justice, but, dismay, to the workers of iniquity.

Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at, the narrow gate; because broad and roomy is the way that leadeth unto destruction,—and, many, are they who enter thereby:

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 →

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