Job 31:11
For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
In Context
10Grind to another let my wife, And over her let others bend.
12For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
Cross References
Genesis 26:10And Abimelech saith, 'What [is] this thou hast done to us? as a little thing one of the people had lain with thy wife, and thou hadst brought upon us guilt;'
Genesis 39:9none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou [art] his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? — then have I sinned against God.'
Leviticus 20:10'And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife — who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour — the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
Job 31:28It also [is] a judicial iniquity, For I had lied to God above.
Ezekiel 16:38And I have judged thee — judgments of adulteresses, And of women shedding blood, And have given thee blood, fury, and jealousy.
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 →