Job 31:11

Job chapter 31 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

Context

v.10Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

v.11This passage

v.12For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 31:28

    This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.

  • Genesis 39:9

    he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

  • Deuteronomy 22:22

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  • Genesis 26:10

    And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might easily have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

  • Ezekiel 16:38

    And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring upon thee the blood of wrath and jealousy.

  • Genesis 20:9

    Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and wherein have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.