Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Job 31:3
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to (c) the workers of iniquity?
(c) Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.
[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to (c) the workers of iniquity?
(c) Job declares that the fear of God was a bridle to stay him from all wickedness.
Verse Job 31:3. IS _NOT DESTRUCTION TO THE WICKED_] If I had been guilty of such secret hypocritical proceedings, professing faith in the _true God_ while in _eye_ and _heart_ an _idolater_, would not...
IS NOT DESTRUCTION TO THE WICKED? - That is, Job says that he was well aware that destruction would overtake the wicked, and that if he had given indulgence to impure desires he could have looked for...
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...
IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6....
Solemn declaration that neither in him nor in his conduct was there justification for the change, and he is ready to face God (Job 31:1-40) a. He was not lustful. (Job 31:1-8) TEXT 31:1-8 1 I MADE...
_FOR WHAT PORTION OF GOD IS THERE FROM ABOVE? AND WHAT INHERITANCE OF THE ALMIGHTY FROM ON HIGH?_ He asserts his guarding against being allured to sin by his senses. Verse 1. THINK - cast a (lustful)...
31:3 misfortune (f-8) Lit. 'what is strange.' see Isaiah 28:21 ....
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...
_Is_ NOT] RV 'Is it not.'...
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...
Job knew that God was his judge. So Job was careful about his behaviour. A man might hide his evil deeds from other people. But nobody can hide from God (Psalms 139:1-10). JOB’S ATTITUDE WITH REGARD...
IS NOT — _i.e.,_ Is not this the _portion_ of Job 31:2?...
הֲ לֹא ־אֵ֥יד לְ עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝ נֵ֗כֶר
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...
_Aversion of God. Hebrew "strange punishment. " (Protestants) Incontinence is a source of much mischief, and of the most dreadful punishments, as the deluge and fate of Sodom evince. (Haydock)_...
(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...
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...
[IS] NOT DESTRUCTION TO THE WICKED?.... It is even to such wicked men, who live in the sin of fornication, and make it their business to ensnare and corrupt virgins; and which is another reason why Jo...
Job 31:3 [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity? Ver. 3. _Is not destruction to the wicked?_] Yes, that is their portion, their inheritance; and so...
_Is not destruction to the wicked?_ Destruction is their portion. _And a strange punishment_ Some extraordinary and dreadful judgment, which of right belongs to them. Hebrew, ונכר, _venecher, an alien...
Is not destruction to the wicked and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? Misfortune and calamity are the consequence of sins against the Sixth Commandment....
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...
1-8 Job did not speak the things here recorded by way of boasting, but in answer to the charge of hypocrisy. He understood the spiritual nature of God's commandments, as reaching to the thoughts and...
Destruction is their portion, and a strange punishment, some extraordinary and dreadful judgment, which of right and course belongs to them, and only to such as they are, although it hath pleased God...
Job 31:3 destruction H343 wicked H5767 disaster H5235 workers H6466 (H8802) iniquity H205 destruction - Job
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 31:1 Job believes that his life is lived before and governed by THE ALMIGHTY, who does NUMBER ALL MY STEPS. A COVENANT WITH MY EYES. Job professes purity in avoiding sexual
_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...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; Isaiah 28:21;...