Job 31:12
For a fire it [is], to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
In Context
11For it [is] a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;
13If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,
Cross References
Job 20:28Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.
Proverbs 3:33The curse of Jehovah [is] in the house of the wicked. And the habitation of the righteous He blesseth.
Jeremiah 5:7For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
Hebrews 13:4honourable [is] the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall 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 →