Job 31:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.”
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BSBPD
“For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“For it <FI>is<Fi> a wicked thing, and a judicial iniquity;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 31:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 20:9Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- Genesis 26:10“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- Genesis 38:24About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
- Genesis 39:9No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
- Leviticus 20:10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
- Job 31:28this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
- Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
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