Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Job 31:11
crime. Hebrew zimmah. App-44.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah.
iniquity to be punished by the judges. a judicial iniquity; or, an iniquity in the eye of the law.
crime. Hebrew zimmah. App-44.
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avah.
iniquity to be punished by the judges. a judicial iniquity; or, an iniquity in the eye of the law.
Verse Job 31:11. _FOR THIS_ IS _A HEINOUS CRIME_] Mr. _Good_ translates, "For this would be a premeditated crime, And a profligacy of the understanding." See also...
FOR THIS IS AN HEINOUS CRIME - This expresses Job’s sense of the enormity of such an offence. He felt that there was no palliation for it; he would in no way, and on no pretence, attempt to vindicate...
CHAPTER 31 _ 1. My chastity and righteousness (Job 31:1)_ 2. My philanthropy (Job 31:13) 3. My integrity and hospitality (Job 31:24) 4. Let God and man disprove me ...
JOB 31. THE OATH OF CLEARING. Job's final protestation of his innocence, and appeal to God to judge him. This chapter, says Duhm, is the high-water mark of the OT ethic, higher than the Decalogue or e...
b. Was upright in his domestic relations (Job 31:9-15) c. He was kind and neighborly. (Job 31:16-23) TEXT 31:9-23 9 IF MY HEART HATH BEEN ENTICED ONTO A WOMAN, And I have laid wait at my neighbo...
_IF MINE HEART HAVE BEEN DECEIVED BY A WOMAN, OR IF I HAVE LAID WAIT AT MY NEIGHBOUR'S DOOR;_ Job asserts his innocence of adultery. DECEIVED - hath let itself be seduced (Proverbs 7:8, etc.; Genes...
JOB PROTESTS THE INNOCENCE OF HIS PAST LIFE Job's virtues are those of a great Arab prince, such as are admired still: namely, blameless family life, consideration for the poor and weak, charity, mod...
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 31 JOB FINISHES HIS LAST SP...
A husband and wife should only have sex with each other. And unmarried people should not have sex. This is God’s command (Deuteronomy 5:18). Jesus also taught this (Matthew 5:27-28). Jude also warned...
כִּי־_הִ֥יא_† זִמָּ֑ה _וְ֝_†_ה֗וּא_† עָוֹ֥ן פְּלִילִֽים׃...
XXIV. AS A PRINCE BEFORE THE KING Job 29:1; Job 30:1; Job 31:1 Job SPEAKS FROM the pain and desolation to which he has become inured as a pitiable second state of existence, Job looks back to the y...
THE CLEAN LIFE Job 31:1 Job had specially guarded against impurity, for its heritage is one of calamity and disaster. He is sure that even if he were weighed by God Himself there would be no iniquity...
This whole chapter is taken up with Job's solemn oath of innocence. It is ills official answer to the line of argument adopted by his three friends. In the process of his declaration he called on God...
_This adultery, to which I might have given way, and that of others with my wife, (Haydock) which would have been a requital, of which I could not indeed have complained, (Menochius) but which is neve...
(9) В¶ 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 an heino...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...
FOR THIS [IS] AN HEINOUS CRIME,.... Adultery; it is contrary to the light of nature, and is condemned by it as a great sin, Genesis 20:9; as well as contrary to the express will and law of God, Exodu...
For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges. Ver. 11. _For this is an heinous crime_] _Hoc enim grande flagitium est,_ so the Tigurines translate; for this...
_For this is a heinous crime_ Namely, adultery, whether committed by choice and design, or by the solicitation of a woman; _yea, it is an iniquity to be punished_, &c. Hebrew, _an iniquity of the judg...
For this is an heinous crime, his yielding to adultery would be an infamous act; YEA, IT IS AN INIQUITY TO BE PUNISHED BY THE JUDGES, worthy of the severest punishment. Cf Matthew 5:21....
JOB RECOUNTS HIS BLAMELESS CONDUCT...
Though Job's misery was complete, he returns in this chapter to the defence of his whole life, which was comparatively more virtuous than that of any other man. God had said this to Satan long before...
Here are the consequences of adultery,. crime that is punishable by. court of law,. sin that consumed to the very heart of hell. "It consumes. man's soul, destroying his reputation, his conscience, hi...
9-15 All the defilements of the life come from a deceived heart. Lust is a fire in the soul: those that indulge it, are said to burn. It consumes all that is good there, and lays the conscience waste...
To wit, adultery, whether committed by choice and design, or by the solicitation of the woman, JOB 31:9. Heb. _an iniquity of the judges_, i.e. which belongs to them to take cognizance of, and to puni...
Job 31:11 wickedness H2154 iniquity H5771 judgment H6414 an heinous - Genesis 20:9, Genesis 26:10,...
CONTENTS: Job's answer continued. He insists on his integrity. CHARACTERS: God, Job, friends. CONCLUSION: An upright heart does not dread a scrutiny. A good man is willing to know the worst of himse...
Job 31:1. _A maid._ The LXX, followed by the Chaldaic, read virgin; but our English version has the most ancient support. Job was pure and spotless in conversation with women. He abhorred seduction, a...
_I made a covenant with mine eyes._ GUARD THE SENSES Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan’s landing places, especially the eye and the ear. (_W. Gurnall._) METHODS OF MORAL...
JOB—NOTE ON JOB 31:9 ENTICED TOWARD A WOMAN. Job had avoided adultery, knowing that it can have far-reaching destructive effects like FIRE (see also...
_JOB’S SELF-VINDICATION.—HIS SOLILOQUY CONTINUED_ Concludes his speeches by a solemn, particular, and extended declaration of the purity and uprightness of his life. Especial reference to his _private...
EXPOSITION The conclusion of Job's long speech (ch. 26-31.) is now reached. He winds it up by a solemn vindication of himself from all the charges of wicked conduct which have been alleged or insinuat...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the book of Job, chapter 31. Job has pretty well talked down all of his friends. Bildad has had his last word and Job is still responding, and has been responding, actua...
Deuteronomy 22:22; Exodus 20:14; Ezekiel 16:38; Genesis 20:9;...
This — Adultery. It is — Heb. an iniquity of the judges; which belongs to them to take cognizance of, and to punish, even with death; and that not only by the law of Moses, but even by the law of natu...